28 Bible Verses about Servants Of People

Behold, as [the] eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their master, as [the] eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [look] to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.

"You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you will not covet the wife of your neighbor or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that [is] your neighbor's."

'And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not crave the house of your neighbor, his field or his slave or his slave woman or his ox and his donkey or anything {that belongs to your neighbor}.'

Therefore [it is] not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

He will take your male slaves and your female slaves and the best of your young men and your donkeys and {will use them for his projects}.

But any slave of a man, an acquisition by money, and you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}. On his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go {down}, because [he is] poor and {his life depends on it}; [do this] so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, {and you incur guilt}.

" 'And when a man lies with a woman [and there is] an emission of semen and she [is] a female slave promised to a man, but she indeed has not been ransomed or freedom has not be given to her, [there] shall be an obligation to compensate; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed.

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

He who brings trouble [to] his household, he will inherit wind, and a fool will serve the wise of heart.

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

And it shall be as [with] the people, so [with] the priest; as [with] the slave, so [with] his master; as [with] the female slave, so [with] her mistress; as [with] the buyer, so [with] the seller; as [with] the lender, so [with] the borrower; as [with] the creditor, so [with] [the one] to whom he lends.

And also on the male slaves and on the female slaves, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

"A son honors [his] father, and a slave his master; but if I [am] a father, where [is] my honor, and if I [am] a master, where [is] my reverence?" says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, {who despise} my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit.

And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men [and] went away after him.

And he sent a slave to the tenant farmers at the proper time, so that he could collect [some] of the fruit of the vineyard from the tenant farmers.

His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do [it]!"

Who are you, who passes judgment on the domestic slave belonging to someone else? To his own master he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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.

They said to him, "If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants."

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

And the greatest among you will 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."

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.

{Furthermore}, for whom have I served? [Is] it not in the presence of his son that I have served before your father? {So shall I serve you}!"

Will it make a covenant with you? Will you take it as a slave forever?