25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But the greatest among you will be your servant.

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desireth to become great among you, will be your minister;

But it is not to be so with you; but let the greatest among you be as the youngest; and he that is chief, as he that serveth.

But it is not so among you; but whoever desireth to become great among you, will be your minister;

And sitting down, he called the twelve, and saith to them, If any one desire to be first, he will be last of all, and servant of all.

or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;

Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God; and considering well the end of their manner of life, imitate their faith.

Nor be ye called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

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

even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, a called apostle, set apart to preach the gospel of God,

And having heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, and besought him to come and save his servant.

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

and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,

But Jesus called them to him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great men exercise a strict authority over them.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! thou hast been faithful over a little, I will place thee in charge of much; enter into the joy of thy lord.

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

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, loved in God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the bishops and deacons:

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, who owed him a hundred denaries; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;

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