49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

The greatest among you will be your servant.

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations."

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

Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one teacher, the Christ.

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

"A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

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

If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."

Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!

Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

"Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.

He answered, "Truly I am the commander of the Lord's army. Now I have arrived!" Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, "What does my master want to say to his servant?"

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,

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

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!"

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

Now you are willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future."

But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully -- I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said.

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

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.