49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

But ye shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;

And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

or service, let us occupy ourselves in service; or he that teaches, in teaching;

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.

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

Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Servants, be subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.

as indeed 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 hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.

Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,

and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

But Jesus having called them to him, said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

Moses my servant is dead; and now, rise up, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, into the land which I give unto them, to the children of Israel.

And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

Salute all your leaders, and all the saints. They from Italy salute you.

Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Not so my servant Moses: he is faithful in all my house.

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

Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers;

And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them!

But they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed for ever.

But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

But my servant Caleb, because he hath another spirit in him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he came; and his seed shall possess it.

And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.

But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;

for they loved glory from men rather than glory from God.

And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;