28 Bible Verses about Servants Of People
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Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor."
You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."
Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.
He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.
But everyone's servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.
You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.
A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.
Everyone will suffer -- the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.
Who are you to pass judgment on another's servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward."
But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.
Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."
