39 Bible Verses about Serving
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But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, to-day, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling, - but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.
If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
Or ministering, use it in our ministering, or he that teacheth, let him use his gift in his teaching,
In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,
Know ye not that, they who labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share?
And, answering, Jesus said to him - It is written: The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, unto him alone, render divine service.
But, Martha, was distracted about much ministering, and, coming near, said - Lord! carest thou not that, my sister, hath left me to be ministering, alone? Speak to her, then, that she help me.
If, with me, anyone be ministering, with me, let him be following; and, where, I, am, there, my minister also, shall be. If anyone, with me, be ministering, the Father, will honour him.
For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.
And the Twelve, calling near the throng of the disciples, said - It doth not seem, right, that, we, forsaking the word of God, should be ministering unto tables.
No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other ,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.
Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things,
Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations: - a people whom I had not known, served me;
For which is greater - he that reclineth? or he that ministereth? Is not he that reclineth? But, I, am, in your midst, as he that ministereth,
Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me:
Do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon land live! wherefore, should this city become a desolation?
Then said Samuel unto the people - Do not fear, ye, have done all this wrong, - nevertheless, do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh, with all your heart;
Howbeit, I am minded, brethren, that ye should be, getting to know, that, the things which relate unto myself, rather, unto an advancement of the glad-message, have fallen out,
Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
For, he that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men.
For God is, my witness, - unto whom I am rendering divine service in my spirit, in the glad message of his Son, - how incessantly, I am making mention of you
Of which I was made a minister, according to the free-gift of the favour of God which was given unto me, according to the energy of his power:
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21And Yahweh God made for the man - and for his wife - tunics of skin and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10Come may thy kingdom, - Accomplished be thy will, as in heaven, also on earth:
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35But, they, in their kingdom, and in thine abundant goodness which thou gavest them, and in the broad and fat land which thou didst set before them, did not serve thee, neither turned they from their wicked doings.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse if ye, shall not hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God, but shall turn aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day, - to go after other gods which ye know not.
Serving Asherah
1 Kings 11:5And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Serving Christ
Romans 14:18For, he that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men.
Serving God
Matthew 6:24No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other ,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians, - for it is better for us, to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the desert?
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40And on thy sword, shalt thou live, And thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance, - unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16And he said, This, will be the manner of the king who will reign over you, - Your sons, will he take and appoint for himself, as his charioteers and as his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots;
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2Then said Joshua unto all the people - Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age-past times, unto Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor, - and they served other gods.
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:
Serving The Church
Romans 12:7Or ministering, use it in our ministering, or he that teacheth, let him use his gift in his teaching,