49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

The greatest among you will be your servant.

But it will not be so among you. He who will be great among you must be your servant.

But you should not be this way. He who is the greater among you let him become as the younger. He that is chief among you is he who serves.

It is not so among you. Whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister (servant) (attendant).

He sat down and the twelve came to him. He said: If any man has the desire to be first, he would be last of all and servant of all.

or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he who teaches on teaching;

Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations.

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

Remember those who are taking the lead among you, men that spoke the Word of God to you. Consider their behavior and imitate their faith.

I will give you shepherds after my own heart. They will be shepherds who feed (shepherd) (lead) (tend) you with knowledge and understanding (learning) (reasoning) (insight).

Do not be called master (teacher) (leader), for only one is your master, and he is Christ.

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

This is for the perfecting (equipping) (preparing) of the holy ones, for the work of ministering, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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

I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to please.

O Jehovah God, you allowed me to succeed my father as king, even though I am very young and do not know how to rule.

The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom in payment for many.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed (set apart) for the good news of God,

When he heard about him he contacted Jesus through the Jewish elders. He asked 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 fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews. My kingdom is not from this domain.

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

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged.

Jesus called them to himself and said: You know that the rulers of the nations exercise absolute dominion over them. They lord it over them and behave like tyrants.

I will make boys their leaders. Childish tyrants will govern them.

Moses my servant is dead. Arise and cross over the Jordan River. Take the people into the land given to them, even to the children of Israel.

He said: No, but as captain of the camp of Jehovah I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down and said: What does my lord say to his servant?

You rescued me from my conflicts with the people. You made me the leader of nations. A people I did not know will serve me:

His lord said: 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready. Moses started up the mountain to meet with God.

Greet all those who rule over you, and all the holy ones. They in Italy greet you.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household.

I also made these people drink from it: Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, officials, all his people,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in union with Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and ministerial servants:

Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses: Stop them, sir!

You will serve Jehovah your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

Then that servant met another servant who was in debt to him for one hundred denarii. He took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay your debt now.'

You have been pleased to bless the house of your servant that it may continue for a very long time in your sight. You Jehovah have blessed it and it will be blessed from generation to generation.

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

Say this to my servant David: 'This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel.

My servant Caleb has a different attitude and has wholeheartedly followed me, I will bring him to the land he already explored. His descendants will possess it.

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 minister of the congregation at Cenchrea.

They loved the glory from men more than the glory from God.

They must retire from active service when they are fifty years old.