49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

And the greatest among you will be your servant.

It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

But you [are] not [to be] like this! But the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

And he sat down [and] called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all."

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

Look! I made him a witness to [the] peoples, a leader and a commander [for the] peoples.

The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.

Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart and they will feed you knowledge and insight.

And do not be called teachers, because one is your teacher, the Christ.

under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

"A disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor a slave superior to his master.

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and from the house of slavery I redeemed you. And I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.

Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.

So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father [though] I [am] a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.

Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called [to be] an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

So [when he] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come [and] cure his slave.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.

And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.

And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,

But Jesus called them to himself [and] said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions exercise authority over them.

And I will make boys their princes, and children shall rule over them.

"My servant Moses [is] dead. Get up and cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I [am] giving to them, to the {Israelites}.

And he said, "Neither. I have come now [as] the commander of Yahweh's army." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and {he bowed down} and said to him, "What [is] my lord commanding his servant?"

You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!'

And Moses got up, and Joshua, his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to [those who are] called, loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Not so with my servant Moses; in all my house he [is] faithful.

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people;

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.

And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from time of his youth, answered, "Moses, my lord, stop them."

But they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

And now may you begin to bless the house of your servant {to continue forever} before you, for you, O Yahweh, have blessed. And it will be blessed forever."

But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy.

So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I took you from the pasture {from following} the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel,

But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that {he entered}, and his offspring will take possession of it.

Then Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab {according to the command of Yahweh}.

Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

For they loved the praise of men more than praise from God.

and {those fifty years old} will return from the service of the work and will serve no longer.