'Servant' in the Bible

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?

Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

My tongue will declare your righteousness and praise you all day long. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,so our eyes are on the Lord our Goduntil He shows us favor.

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

She has sent her servant girls, she calls upon the wings of the high places of town,

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

an unloved woman when she finds a husband, and a servant girl who inherits from her mistress.

And she arises while [it is] still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youthand your princes feast in the morning.

There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

And now Jehovah speaketh saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired servant, and the glory of Moab shall be brought to nothing, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be small, few, of no account.

And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

I'll save you and this city from the king of Assyria, and I'll defend this city, for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

But this is a people despoiled and plundered;All of them are trapped in holes,Or are hidden away in prisons.They have become a prey with no one to rescue them,And a spoil, with no one to say, “Give them back!”

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

I call you by your name,because of Jacob My servantand Israel My chosen one.I give a name to you,though you do not know Me.

Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.