49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

But you shall not be so: but the greater among you, let him be as the lesser, and he who governs, as one who serves.

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

And He sat down and called the Twelve and said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.

or ministry, in the ministry; or he who teaches, in the teaching;

Behold, I have given Him for a witness to the people, a Leader and Commander of peoples.

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

Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:

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

Nor be called teachers, for One is your Teacher, even Christ.

for a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;

for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

A disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

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

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to those good and forbearing, but also to the perverse ones.

And now, O Jehovah my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father. And I am a little child; I do not know to go out or come in!

even 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 listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to the gospel of God

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent the elders of the Jews to Him, begging Him that He would come and heal his servant.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight so that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and your leaders eat in the morning.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient,

But Jesus called them and said, You know that the rulers of the nations exercise dominion over them, and they who are great exercise authority over them.

And I will give young boys to be their rulers, and caprices shall rule over them.

My servant Moses is dead. Now, therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people to the land which I give to them, to the sons of Israel.

And He said, No, but I have come as the Commander of the army of Jehovah. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth. And he worshiped and said to Him, What does my Lord say to His servant?

You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve Me.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.

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

Greet all those leading you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the ones called in God the Father, having been set apart, and having been kept by Jesus Christ:

Not so, My servant Moses. He is faithful in all My house.

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants, and his rulers, and all his people,

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, make them cease.

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

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

And now let it please You to bless the house of Your servant so that it may be before You forever. For You have blessed, O Jehovah, and it is blessed forever.

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and ill-treated His prophets until the wrath of Jehovah arose against His people, until there was no healing.

And now so shall you say to My servant David, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land into which he went. 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.

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

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

And from the age of fifty years they shall stop waiting upon the service, and shall serve no more.