49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."

or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah.

For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant.

Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I would not be delivered to the Jewish leaders. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning.

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

And I will make youths to be their leaders, and capricious children shall rule over them.

Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the children of Israel.

And he said to him, "Truly I am the commander of the LORD's army. Now I have come." And Joshua fell facedown to the ground and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

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

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, "My lord Moses, forbid them."

but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'

Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Now therefore you shall tell my servant David this, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.

but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae,

for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.

and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,