43 Bible Verses about servanthood

Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”

Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”

Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today;

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’?

And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.

Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;

For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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

Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Gimel.
Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”

Then Saul said to his servant, “But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sack and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who acts wisely,
But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.