25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

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

It shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever desireth to be chief among you, let him be your servant:

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he that is chief as he that serveth.

But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, shall be your servant.

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

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministring; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation.

Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Neither be ye called Masters; for one is your Master, even Christ.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, to the edifying the body of Christ;

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

Honour the king, Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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

And hearing of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, beseeching him to come and heal his servant.

What hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence.

And a servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle toward all men,

But Jesus calling them to him said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things: I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are beloved of God the Father, and preserved through Jesus Christ,

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons,

A bishop therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of good behaviour, hospitable, apt to teach;

But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him an hundred pence, and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.