39 Bible Verses about Serving

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Job 36:11

If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in blessedness, and their years in pleasures.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the altar.

Luke 10:40

But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.

Romans 9:12

it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger."

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you did not serve Jehovah your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart for the abundance of all things;

2 Samuel 22:44

You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people, You have kept me the head of the nations. A people I knew not shall serve me.

Luke 22:27

For which is the greater; he who reclines, or he who serves? Is it not he who reclines? But I am among you as He who serves.

Psalm 18:43

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.

Jeremiah 27:17

Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. For why should this city be laid waste?

1 Samuel 12:20

And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness. Yet do not turn aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart.

Philippians 1:12

But I desire that you should understand, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

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Not Serving God

Nehemiah 9:35

For they have not served You in their kingdom, and in Your great goodness which You gave them, and in the large and rich land which You gave before them, and they did not turn from their wicked works.

Penalties For Serving Other Gods

Deuteronomy 11:28

and a curse if you will not obey the commandments of Jehovah your God, but will turn aside out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.

Serving Asherah

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites;

Serving Christ

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

Serving Groups

Exodus 14:12

Did we not tell you this word in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, so that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Serving Individuals

Genesis 27:40

And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother. And it shall be when you shall have the dominion, you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

Serving Kings

1 Samuel 8:11-16

And he said, This will be the privilege of the king who shall reign over you. He shall take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and his horsemen. And they shall run before his chariots.

Serving One's Own Gods

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said to all the people, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived Beyond the River in times past, Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

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