49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

He that is greatest among you, shall be your servant.

It shall not be so among you: But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister,

But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shall be as the youngest: And he that is chief, shall be as the minister.

So shall it not be among you: but whosoever of you will be great among you, shall be your minister.

And he sat down, and called the twelve unto him, and said to them, "If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant unto all."

Let him that hath an office, wait on his office;

Behold, I shall give him for a witness among the folk, for a Prince and Captain unto the people.

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

Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: consider the conversation of their living, the end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith.

and I will give you herdsmen after mine own mind, which shall feed you with learning and wisdom.

Be not called masters, for there is but one, your master, and he is Christ.

through a servant that beareth rule, through a fool that hath great riches,

that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ,

The disciple is not above his Master, nor yet the servant above his Lord.

Because I brought thee from the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of bondage? Because I made Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead thee?

Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be froward.

And now LORD, my God, it is thou that hast made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am a young lad and know not how to order myself.

Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."

If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.

Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called unto the office to be an apostle, put apart to preach the Gospel of God,

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching 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 would my ministers surely fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence."

Woe be unto thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets.

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

But the servant of the Lord must not strive: but must be peaceable unto all men, and apt to teach,

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, "Ye know that the Lords of the gentiles have domination over them. And they that are great exercise power over them.

And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you.

"Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore, up and go over Jordan, both thou and all this people, unto the land the which I give unto the children of Israel.

And he answered, "Nay, but I am the captain of the host of the LORD and am now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did reverence, and said unto him, "What sayeth my Lord unto his servant?"

Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people, and thou shalt make me the head of the Heathen. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. {TYNDALE: And thou deliveredst me from the dissension of my people, and keepest me to be a head over nations, for the people which I knew not became my servants.}

And his master said unto him, 'Well, good servant and faithful; Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: go in into thy master's joy.'

Then Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua, and Moses went up into the hill of God,

Salute them that have the oversight of you, and all the saints. They of Italy, salute you.

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserved in Christ Jesus.

But my servant Moses is not so, which is faithful in all mine house.

Yea, and Pharaoh the king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and his people altogether one with another;

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ. To all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses which he had chosen out, answered and said, "Master Moses, forbid them."

but they shall do service unto God their LORD, and to David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

Yea, and a bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, honestly appareled, harborous, apt to teach,

And the said servant went out and found one of his fellows, which owed him a hundred pence. And laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me that thou owest.'

Now therefore go to and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue before thee forever. For what thou blessest, O LORD that is blessed forever."

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

Now therefore so say unto my servant David, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, 'I took thee out of a shepherd's cote from following sheep to be a ruler over my people Israel.

But my servant Caleb, because there is another manner spirit with him, and because he hath followed me unto the utmost: him I will bring into the land which he hath walked in, and his seed shall conquer it,

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab at the commandment of the LORD.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, which is a minister of the congregation of Cenchreae,

For they loved the praise that is given of men, more than the praise that cometh of God.

and at fifty they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more: