25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But let him that is greatest among you be your minister: and whosoever will exalt himself shall be abased,

it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you,

But ye shall not do so: but let the greatest among you be as the younger; and he that presides as he that serveth.

But it shall not be so among you: but whoever would be great among you shall be your minister;

So He sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any one would be first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.

or ministry, let us attend to the ministry: or he that teacheth, on teaching: or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:

Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.

neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, even Christ.

to the edifying of the body of Christ:

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord:

Ye who are servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and mild, but also to the morose:

as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,

and having 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, my servants would have fought, that I might not have been delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence.

but to be gentle towards all men, ready to teach, patient under injuries,

but Jesus called them to Him and said, Ye know that the princes of the gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority upon them:

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

Salute all that preside over you, yea and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

Jude a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified in God the Father, and who are preserved and called in Jesus Christ;

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,

But that same servant, as he was going out, met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him but an hundred pence; and he laid hold on him and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest me:

I recommend to 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.