'Serving' in the Bible

And lo -- not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.'

Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast him into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, 'Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.'

and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'

A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands were serving him, with millions upon millions waiting before him. The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed.

To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.Because you have rejected knowledge,I will reject you from serving as My priest.Since you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your sons.

Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language so that they all may call upon the name of the LORD, serving him with a united will.

And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,

He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

He went up to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began serving them.

While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came,

When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

Some soldiers asked him, “And what about us, what are we to do?” And he replied to them, “Do not extort money from anyone or harass or blackmail anyone, and be satisfied with your wages.”

He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.

For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the One who serves.

So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

So the Twelve called the disciples together and said, “It is not appropriate for us to neglect [teaching] the word of God in order to serve tables and manage the distribution of food.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed.

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from serving him.

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of God’s good news. My purpose is that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints.

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you

As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker serving you; as for our brothers, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not!

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

Serve willingly, as if you were serving the Lord and not merely people,

But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

You know that it is from the Lord that you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is the Lord Messiah whom you are serving!

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

There have been many priests, since each one of them had to stop serving in office when he died.

which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.

we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father -- to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.