49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

“Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
A leader and commander for the peoples.

The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.

Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.

Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

“Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt
And ransomed you from the house of slavery,
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,

“Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?”

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.

Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

“Not so, with My servant Moses,
He is faithful in all My household;

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people;

Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus,To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”

But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

And now it has pleased You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.