25 Bible Verses about servanthood

So He sat down and called the Twelve to Him and said, "If anyone wants to be the first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

Does he praise the slave for doing what he was ordered to do?

Who are you to criticize another man's servant? It is his own master's business whether he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.

Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.

In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,

That slave who knows his master's wishes and does not get ready or act upon them will be severely punished.

but He laid it aside as He took on the nature of a slave and became like other men.

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,

for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.

Now Moses was faithful in all the house of God, yet only as a servant to bear witness to the message that should be spoken,

It was to you first that He sent His Servant, after raising Him from the dead, to bless you by causing every one of you to turn from his wicked ways."

and whoever wants to hold the first positions among you must be everybody's slave.

If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ:

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen.

Now in this matter of trustees the first and final requirement is that they should prove to be trustworthy.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them.