17 Bible Verses about Servants

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John 13:5

Then casts he water into a washing vessel, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe with the linen cloth with which he was girded.

Philippians 2:1-4

If therefore any consolation in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any mutual participation of the Spirit, if any compassions and mercies, Fill ye up my joy, that ye may have the same in mind, having the same love, unanimous, being one in mind. Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.read more.
Look ye each not on the things of themselves, but also each the things of others.

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Christian ministers » Servants » Soldiers of Christ

Philippians 2:25

And I thought necessary Epaphroditus, my brother, and cooperator, and fellow soldier, and your sent, and workman of my necessity, be sent to you.

2 Timothy 2:3-4

Thou therefore suffer ill treatment, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. None making war is entangled with the affairs of life: that he may please him having enlisted him.

Christian ministers » Servants » Of jesus Christ

Christian ministers » Servants » Of God

Titus 1:1

Paul, servant of God, and sent of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen of God, and the acknowledgment of the truth according to devotion;

Christian ministers » Servants » Stars

Revelation 1:20

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest upon my right hand, and the seven golden chandeliers. The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches: and the seven chandeliers which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:1

To the messenger of the Ephesian church write: Thus says he holding the seven stars in his right hand, he walking about in the midst of the seven golden chandeliers;

Christian ministers » Servants » Of the grace of God

Christian ministers » Servants » of the Lord

Christian ministers » Servants » Shepherds

Jeremiah 23:4

And I set up shepherds over them, and they fed them; and they shall no more fear, and they shall not be terrified, and they shall not be reviewed, says Jehovah.

Christian ministers » Servants » Of the mysteries of God

Christian ministers » Servants » Stewards of God

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Duty » Servants » Faithfulness

Duty » Servants » Respect for masters

1 Timothy 6:1

Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed.

Duty » Servants » Obedience

Duty » Servants » Patience in hard places

Duty » Servants » Desire to please

Titus 2:9

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Faithful » Servants

Exodus 21:5

And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free:

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.

Proverbs 17:2

An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.

Proverbs 27:18

He guarding the fig tree shall eat its fruit: and he watching his lord shall be honored.

More verses: Matthew 24:45

Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants

Job 31:13-14

If I shall despise the judgment of my servant and my maid in their contending with me; And what shall I do when God shall rise up? And when he shall review, what shall I turn back to him?

Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Servants

Luke 7:2-3

And a certain centurion's servant being sick, was about to die; which was highly valued by him. And having heard of Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him, that having come, he would save his servant.

Presents » Things given as » Servants

Genesis 29:29

And Laban will give to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to her for a maid.

Genesis 29:24

And Laban will give to her, Zilpah his maid, to Leah his daughter a maid.

Genesis 20:14

And Abimelech will take sheep and oxen and servants, and maid-servants, and will give to Abraham, and will return to him Sarah his wife.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of david

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai will answer the king, and say, Jehovah lives, and my lord the king lives, for surely in the place where my lord the king shall be, there whether for death, whether for life, for there will thy servant be.

2 Samuel 12:18

And it will be in the seventh day, and the child will die. And David's servants feared to announce to him that the child died: for they said, Behold, in the child being living we spake to him and he heard not to our voice, and how shall we say to him the child died, and do evil?

2 Samuel 15:15

And the king's servants will say to the king, According to all which my lord the king shall choose, behold thy servants.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abigail

1 Samuel 25:14-17

And one boy of the boys announced to Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the desert to bless my lord; and he will fly upon them. And the men were good to us exceedingly, and they harmed us not, and we missed not any thing all the days we went with them in our being in the field. They were a wall to us, also the night, also the day, all the days we were with them feeding the sheep. read more.
And now know and see what thou wilt do; for evil was finished against our lord and upon all his house: and he a son of Belial, from speaking to him.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of naaman

2 Kings 5:2-3

And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife. And she will say to her mistress, O that my lord was before the prophet that is in Shomeron! then he will gather him from his leprosy.

2 Kings 5:13

And his servants will come near and speak to him, and say, My father, spake the prophet a great word to thee, wilt thou not do? and much more he said to thee, Wash and be cleansed,

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of nehemiah

Nehemiah 4:16

And it will be from that day the half of my young men doing in the work, and half of them holding fast and the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the chiefs behind every house of Judah.

Nehemiah 4:23

And not I and my brethren and my young men, and the men of the watch which were after me, we not putting off our garments; a man his weapon for water.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of jonathan

1 Samuel 14:7

And he lifting up his arms will say to him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn for thyself; behold me with thee according to thy heart.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Onesimus

Philemon 1:11

Once unprofitable to thee, but now more profitable to thee and to me:

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of cornelius

Acts 10:7

And when the messenger speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his servants, and a religious soldier of those persevering with him;

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of the roman centurion

Matthew 8:9

For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of boaz

Ruth 2:4

And behold, Boaz came from the house of bread, and he will say to the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they will say to him, Jehovah will bless thee.

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of ziba

Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abraham

Servants » God's

1 Chronicles 6:49

And Aaron and his sons burning incense upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense for all the work of the holy of holies, and to expiate for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God commanded.

Servants » Servants not being able to serve two masters

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness? And what conformity to Christ with Belial? and what part to the believing with the unbelieving? And what agreement to the temple of God with images? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God said, That I will dwell in them, and will go round about; and will be their God, and they shall be a people to me.

1 Corinthians 10:20-22

But, that what things they sacrifice the nations sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I will not ye be partakers of demons. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons. Do we emulate the Lord? are we stronger than he?

James 3:9-12

With it we praise the God and Father; and with it we curse men, those made according to the similitude of God. Out of the same month comes forth blessing and cursing. There is no need, my brethren, for these things so to be. Much less from the same aperture does a fountain bubble out sweet and bitter? read more.
The fig tree, my brethren, cannot make olives, or the vine, figs: so no fountain can make salt and sweet water.

Servants » When good » Are partakers of gospel privileges

Servants » What servants should do

Titus 2:9

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Ephesians 6:5-8

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul: With affection serving the Lord, and not men. read more.
Knowing that whatever good each might do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or free.

1 Timothy 6:1-2

Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed. And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech.

Colossians 3:22-23

Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God: And all, whatever ye do, work ye from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men;

Servants » The term often used to express humility

Genesis 33:5

And he will lift up his eyes and will see the women and the children, and he will say, To whom these to thee? And he will say, The children with whom God compassionated thy servant.

Genesis 18:3

And he will say, Lord, if now I found grace in thine eyes, now thou wilt not pass away from thy servant

1 Samuel 20:7

If thus he shall say, Good; peace to thy servant; and if kindling, it shall kindle to him, know that evil was finished with him.

1 Kings 20:32

And they will bind sackcloth upon their loins, and ropes upon their heads, and they will come to the king of Israel, and say, Thy servant Ben-hadad said, Now wilt thou save alive my soul? And he will say, Is he yet living? he is my brother.

Servants » Slaves or bond » To participate in all national rejoicings

Deuteronomy 12:18

But before Jehovah thy God thou shalt eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose in it, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite which is in thy gates: and rejoice thou before Jehovah thy God in all the stretching forth of thy hand.

Deuteronomy 16:11

And rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the orphan and the widow, which are in the midst of thee in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Deuteronomy 16:14

And rejoice in thy festival, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, which are in thy gates:

Servants » Christ condescended to the office of

John 13:5

Then casts he water into a washing vessel, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe with the linen cloth with which he was girded.

Luke 22:27

For which the greater, he reclining, or he serving? is not he reclining and I am in the midst of you as he serving.

Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee

Leviticus 25:10

And consecrate the year, the fiftieth year, and call a letting go free in the land, to all inhabiting it: it shall be a jubilee to you; and return ye each to his possession, and each to his family shall ye turn back.

Leviticus 25:40-41

As the hireling, as the sojourner, he shall be with thee; till the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee; And he shall go forth from thee, he and his sons with him, and turn back to his family, to the possession of his fathers shall he turn back.

Leviticus 25:54

And if he shall not be redeemed in these, and he shall go forth in the year of the jubilee, he and his sons with him.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Seizing and stealing of men for, condemned and punished by the law

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man shall be found stealing a soul from his brethren from the sons of Israel, and shall lay hands upon him and sell him; and that thief died; and put thou away evil from the midst of thee.

1 Timothy 1:10

For fornicators, unchaste, man-stealers, liars, the perjured, and if there be any other thing opposed to sound doctrine;

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be faithful to them

Titus 2:10

Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things.

Luke 16:10-12

He faithful in the least, is also faithful in much: and he unjust in the least, is also unjust in much. If therefore ye were not faithful in the unjust mammon, who shall trust to you the true? And if ye were not faithful with another, who shall give you your own?

Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of Christ

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and a gift thou didst not delight in; the ears thou didst pierce to me: burnt-offering and sin thou didst not ask.

Philippians 2:7-8

But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likeness of men: And found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, being obedient until death, and the death of the cross.

Hebrews 10:5

Wherefore coming into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering then wouldest not, but a body hast thou adjusted to me:

Servants » Slaves or bond » By birth

Genesis 14:14

And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan.

Psalm 116:16

Now, O Jehovah, for I am thy servant; I thy servant, the son of thy maid-servant: thou didst loose to my bonds.

Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a servant? if he was born in the house wherefore was he for plunder?

Servants » When good » Have God with them

Genesis 39:21

And Jehovah will be with Joseph, and will extend to him kindness, and will give his grace in the eyes of the chief of the house of the fortress.

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaak was not with me, then now, empty thou hadst sent me away. My affliction and the labor of my hand God saw and he rebuked yesterday.

Acts 7:9-10

And the patriarchs having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, And took him out of all his pressures, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and set him leader over Egypt and his whole house.

Servants » The servant of the lord

Isaiah 53:1-12

Who believed in our report? and to whom was the arm of Jehovah uncovered? He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him. He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not read more.
Surely he lifted up our afflictions, and our griefs he carried them: and we reckoned him to be smitten, struck of God, and afflicted. And he being wounded for our transgressions, and crushed from our iniquities; the correction of our peace upon him, and in the marks of his stripes it was healed to us. All we as sheep went astray; we turned a man to his way; and Jehovah caused the iniquity of us all to fall upon him. He was pressed, and he was afflicted, and he will not open his mouth: he was brought as a sheep for the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers being dumb and he will not open his mouth. From constraint and from judgment was he taken, and his generation who shall comprehend? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he struck for them. And he will give with the unjust his grave, and with the rich in his deaths, for he did no violence, and no deceit in his mouth. And Jehovah inclined to crash him; piercing him when his soul shall be set a sacrifice for sin, he shall see seed, he shall prolong the days, and the delight of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. And be shall see of the labor of his soul, he shall be satisfied: by his knowledge my just servant shall justify for many; and he shall bear their iniquities.. For this I will divide to him with many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; for which his soul was poured out to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; and he lifted up the sin of many, and he will supplicate for transgressors.

Isaiah 42:1-7

Behold my servant, I will hold fast in him; my chosen, my soul delighted; I gave my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. He shall not cry, and be shall not lift up, and he shall not cause his voice to be heard without A broken reed he shall not break, and bedimmed flax shall he not quench it: he shall bring forth judgment to truth. read more.
He shall not be weak, and he shall not break, till he shall set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law: Thus said God Jehovah, creating the heavens and stretching them out; and spreading out the earth and its productions; giving breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those going upon it: I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations, To open the eyes of the blind, to bring forth the bound out of prison, those sitting in darkness out of the house of the prison.

Isaiah 50:4-10

The Lord Jehovah gave to me the tongue of the expert to know to help the weary with a word: he will rouse up in the morning by morning, he will rouse up to me the ear to hear as the expert The Lord Jehovah opened to me the ear and I opposed not, and I drew not back. My back I gave to those smiting, and my cheeks to those tearing out the hair: and my face I hid not from shame and spittle. read more.
And the Lord Jehovah will help to me: for this I was not ashamed; for this I set my face as the flint, and I shall know that I shall not be ashamed. He drawing near justifying me: who shall contend with me? we will stand together: who the lord of my judgment? he shall draw near to me. Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them. Who among you fearing Jehovah, hearing to the voice of his servant? who goes in darkness and no light to him? he shall trust in the name of Jehovah and rest upon his God.

Isaiah 52:12-15

For ye shall not come forth with haste, and in flight ye shall not go; for Jehovah goes before you, and he gathering you the God of Israel. Behold, my servant shall be wise, he shall be exalted, and lifted up, and be high exceedingly. As many were astonished at thee, his appearance being so spoiled from man, and his form from the sons of men. read more.
So shall he cause many nations to rejoice for him; kings shall shut their mouth; for what was not recounted to them they saw; and what they heard not, they considered.

Servants » Faithful servants

Luke 12:35-40

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him. Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them. read more.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants. And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined. And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.

Luke 19:12-19

Then he said, A certain honourable man went into a country far off to take unto himself a kingdom, and to return. And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come. And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We wish not this to reign over us. read more.
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business. And the first approached, saying, Lord, thy coin has gained ten coins. And he said to him, Well, good servant: because thou west faithful in the least, be thou having power over ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins. And he said to him, And be thou over five cities.

Matthew 24:42-47

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined. Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes. read more.
Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus. Truly I say to you, That he shall set him over all his possessions.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be submissive even to the froward

Genesis 16:6

And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.

Genesis 16:9

And the messenger of Jehovah will say to her, Turn back to thy mistress and be humbled under her hands.

Servants » When good » Deserve the confidence of their masters

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham will say to the old man of his house ruling over all which is to him, Put now thy hand under my thigh.

Genesis 24:4

For thou shalt go to my land and to my native country, and take a wife to my son, to Isaak.

Genesis 39:4

And Joseph will find grace in his eyes, and he will serve him, and he will appoint him over his house, and all which is to him he gave into his hand.

Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of the wicked

Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, ye are servants to whom ye listen; either of sin to death, or of obedience to justice?

Romans 6:19

(I speak as man through the weakness of your flesh:) for as ye presented your members to uncleanness and iniquity; so now present ye your members servants to justice for consecration.

Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of saints

Servants » Persons devoted to God so called

Isaiah 56:6

And the sons of the stranger joining themselves to Jehovah to serve him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be to him for servants, every one watching the Sabbath from defiling it, and taking hold upon my covenant;

Psalm 119:49

Remember the word to thy servant upon which thou didst cause me to hope.

Servants » Who shall be servant of all

Matthew 23:8-11

And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens. Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ. read more.
And the greater of you shall be your servant.

Mark 10:42-44

And Jesus having called them, says to them, Ye know that they thinking to be first of the nations rule over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. And it shall not be so among you: but whoever should wish to be great among you, shall be your attendant: And whoever of you should wish to be the first, he shall be the servant of all.

Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor

Leviticus 25:39-40

And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant. As the hireling, as the sojourner, he shall be with thee; till the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee;

Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall possess them for your sons after you to take possession forever; ye shall serve with them: and over your brethren the sons of Israel, ye shall not rule over him, each over his brother with oppression.

Servants » Servants not being greater than their masters

John 15:20

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Matthew 10:24-25

The disciple is not above the teacher, nor the servant above his lord. Sufficient to the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzeboul, how much more those pertaining to his household?

John 13:16

Truly, truly I say to you The servant is not greater than his Lord; neither the sent greater than he having sent him.

Servants » Hired » To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service

Deuteronomy 24:15

In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare

2 Kings 5:2-3

And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife. And she will say to her mistress, O that my lord was before the prophet that is in Shomeron! then he will gather him from his leprosy.

1 Samuel 25:14-17

And one boy of the boys announced to Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the desert to bless my lord; and he will fly upon them. And the men were good to us exceedingly, and they harmed us not, and we missed not any thing all the days we went with them in our being in the field. They were a wall to us, also the night, also the day, all the days we were with them feeding the sheep. read more.
And now know and see what thou wilt do; for evil was finished against our lord and upon all his house: and he a son of Belial, from speaking to him.

Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as

Leviticus 25:47

And if the hand of a stranger and sojourner with thee shall attain, and thy brother with him be poor, and he sold to the stranger, a sojourner with thee, or to the root of the stranger's family:

Leviticus 25:53

As the hireling of the year by the year shall he be with him: he shall not rule him by crushing to thine eyes.

Servants » Jesus Christ taking the form of a servant

Luke 22:22-27

And truly the Son of man goes according to that determined: but woe to that man by whom he is delivered up! And they began to seek together among themselves, which of them it should be that was about to do this thing. And a love of strife was in them, which of them thinks to be the greater. read more.
And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them; and they exercising power over them are called benefactors. And ye not so: but let the greater with you be as the younger; and he leading, as he serving. For which the greater, he reclining, or he serving? is not he reclining and I am in the midst of you as he serving.

Philippians 2:5-8

For let this be in mind among you, which also in Christ Jesus; Who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likeness of men: read more.
And found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, being obedient until death, and the death of the cross.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons of distinction had many

Genesis 14:14

And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I obtained servants and maids, and sons of the house were to me; also obtaining cattle, and many sheep were to me more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.

Servants » Unfaithful servants

Luke 19:12-27

Then he said, A certain honourable man went into a country far off to take unto himself a kingdom, and to return. And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come. And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We wish not this to reign over us. read more.
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business. And the first approached, saying, Lord, thy coin has gained ten coins. And he said to him, Well, good servant: because thou west faithful in the least, be thou having power over ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins. And he said to him, And be thou over five cities. And another came saying, Lord, behold, thy coin which I have placed in a napkin: For I feared thee, for thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and thou reapest what thou didst not sow. And he said to him, Out of thy month will I judge thee, O evil servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I sowed not: And wherefore gavest thou not my silver to the bankers, and I having come had received it with interest? And to those standing by he said, Take away from him the coin, and give to him having the ten coins. (And they said to him, Lord, he has ten coins.) For I say to you, That to every one having shall be given; and from him not having, and what he has shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, not haying wished me to reign over them, bring hither, and slaughter before me.

Matthew 24:42-51

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined. Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes. read more.
Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus. Truly I say to you, That he shall set him over all his possessions. But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays to come; And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated; The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not, And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Eye-servants

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Men-pleasers

Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers

Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites to have their liberty after six years service

Deuteronomy 15:12

When thy brother a Hebrew, or Hebrewess, shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years; in the seventh year thou shalt send him away free from thee.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Of others not to be coveted or enticed away

Deuteronomy 5:21

and thou shalt not desire thy friend's wife; and thou shalt not long for thy friend's house, his field, and his servant, and his maid, his ox and his ass, and all that is to thy friend.

Exodus 20:17

Thou shalt not desire thy friend's house, thou shalt not desire thy friend's wife, and his servant and his maid and his ox and his ass and all which is to thy friend.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Captives taken in war often kept as

2 Kings 5:2

And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife.

Deuteronomy 20:14

Only the women and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city, all its spoil thou shalt plunder to thyself: and eat thou the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.

Servants » Should serve » Heartily, as to the lord, and not unto men

Servants » Should serve » In singleness of heart

Servants » Should serve » In the fear of God

Servants » Divided into » Bond

Genesis 43:18

And the men will be afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they will say, For the word of the silver turned back in our sacks at the beginning, we were brought in; to roll himself upon us and to fall upon us and to take us for servants and our asses.

Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall possess them for your sons after you to take possession forever; ye shall serve with them: and over your brethren the sons of Israel, ye shall not rule over him, each over his brother with oppression.

Servants » When good » Shall be rewarded

Servants » Bad--exemplified

2 Samuel 14:30

And he will say to his servants, See, Joab's portion to my hand, and barley to him there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the portion on fire.

Genesis 13:7

And there shall be a strife between the shepherds of Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Deceit

Psalm 101:6-7

Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the earth, to dwell with me: he walking in a blameless way, he shall serve me. He doing deceit shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he speaking falsehoods shall not be prepared before mine eyes.

2 Samuel 19:26

And he will say, My lord the king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle for me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and I will go to the king; for thy servant is lame.

Servants » When good » To be honored

Proverbs 27:18

He guarding the fig tree shall eat its fruit: and he watching his lord shall be honored.

Genesis 24:31

And he will say, Come thou blessed of Jehovah, why wilt thou stand without? and I prepared the house, and a place for the camels.

Servants » Hired » If foreigners not allowed to partake of the passover or holy things

Exodus 12:45

The sojourner and the hireling shall not eat of it

Leviticus 22:10

And any stranger shall not eat the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest and a hireling shall not eat the holy thing.

Servants » Hired » Engaged by the year

Leviticus 25:53

As the hireling of the year by the year shall he be with him: he shall not rule him by crushing to thine eyes.

Isaiah 16:14

And now Jehovah spake, saying, In three years as the years of a hireling and the honor of Moab despised with with all the great multitude; and the remnant being small, not great

Servants » Who is not a mere servant

Galatians 4:6-7

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that thou art no more a servant, but a son: and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

John 15:1-15

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away: and every one bearing fruit, he cleanses it, that it might bear more fruit. Already are ye clean, through the word which I have spoken to you. read more.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me. I am the vine, ye the branches: he remaining in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If any remain not in me, he was cast forth as the branch, and was dried up; and they gather them together, and cast into the fire, and they are burned. If ye remain in me, and my words remain in you, ye shall ask whatever ye wish, and it shall be to you. In this was my Father honoured, that ye should bear much fruit: and ye shall be disciples to me. As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love. If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love. These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed. This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. I no more call you servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: and I have called you friends; for all which I heard of my Father I made known to you.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To bless God for mercies shown to them

Genesis 24:48

And I shall bow down and worship Jehovah, and bless Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my lord's brother to his son.

Genesis 24:27

And he will say, Praised be Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who let not go his kindness and his truth from my lord: I in the way, Jehovah led me to the house of my lord's brother.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be industrious in laboring for them

Nehemiah 4:16

And it will be from that day the half of my young men doing in the work, and half of them holding fast and the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the chiefs behind every house of Judah.

Nehemiah 4:23

And not I and my brethren and my young men, and the men of the watch which were after me, we not putting off our garments; a man his weapon for water.

Servants » Slaves or bond » When foreigners to be circumcised

Genesis 17:13

He shall be circumcised with circumcising, he being born in thy house, and bought with thy silver: and my covenant was in your flesh for an eternal covenant

Genesis 17:27

And all the men of his house, born in his house, and bought with silver of the son of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase

Genesis 37:36

And the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh chief of the cooks.

Genesis 17:27

And all the men of his house, born in his house, and bought with silver of the son of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Servants » When good » Often exalted

Proverbs 17:2

An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.

Genesis 41:40

Thou shalt be over my house, and to thy mouth all my people shall bend: only upon the throne I shall be great above thee.

Servants » Who is the servant of sin

John 8:34-35

Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, say I to you, That every one doing sin, is servant of sin. And the servant remains not in the house forever; the Son remains forever.

Romans 6:15-20

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace It may not be. Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, ye are servants to whom ye listen; either of sin to death, or of obedience to justice? And grace to God, that ye were servants of sin, but ye listened from the heart to the type of teaching in which ye were delivered. read more.
And freed from sin, ye were subdued to justice. (I speak as man through the weakness of your flesh:) for as ye presented your members to uncleanness and iniquity; so now present ye your members servants to justice for consecration. For when ye were servants to sin, ye were free to justice.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Quarrelsomeness

Genesis 26:20

And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Genesis 13:7

And there shall be a strife between the shepherds of Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons unable to pay their debts liable to be sold as

Nehemiah 5:4-5

And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards. And now according to the flesh of our brethren, our flesh; as their sons, our sons: and behold, we subdue our sons and our daughters for servants, and there is from our daughters being subdued: and not to the strength of our hand and our fields and our vineyards to others.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Engaged in the most menial offices

John 13:4-5

He arises from supper, and lays down the garments; and having taken a linen cloth, he girded himself. Then casts he water into a washing vessel, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe with the linen cloth with which he was girded.

1 Samuel 25:41

And she will rise and worship with the face to the earth, and say, Behold, thy servant for a servant to wash the feet of my lord's servants.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Called bondmen

Genesis 43:18

And the men will be afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they will say, For the word of the silver turned back in our sacks at the beginning, we were brought in; to roll himself upon us and to fall upon us and to take us for servants and our asses.

Genesis 44:9

With whomsoever of thy servants it shall be found, and he shall die, and also we will be for servants to my lord.

Servants » Divided into » Male

Genesis 32:5

And there will be to me ox and ass, sheep and servant, and maid; and I shall send to announce to my lord to find grace in thine eyes.

Genesis 24:34

And he will say, I am Abraham's servant

Servants » When good » Bring God's blessing upon their masters

Genesis 30:27

And Laban will say to him, If now I found grace in thine eyes, I prognosticated, and Jehovah will praise me because of thee.

Genesis 39:3

And his lord will see that Jehovah is with him, and all that he did Jehovah prospering in his hand.

Servants » When good » Are guided by God

Genesis 24:7

Jehovah, God of the heavens, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, and who spake to me, and who sware to me, saying, To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his messenger before thy face, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

Genesis 24:27

And he will say, Praised be Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who let not go his kindness and his truth from my lord: I in the way, Jehovah led me to the house of my lord's brother.

Servants » Persons devoted to the service of another so called

1 Kings 19:21

And he will turn back from after him and take a yoke of oxen and sacrifice them, and with the instruments of the oxen he boiled them the flesh, and he will give to the people, and they will eat. And he will rise and go after Elijah and serve him.

Exodus 24:13

And Moses will rise up, and Joshua, his minister; and Moses will go up to the mountain of God.

Servants » Good--exemplified

Genesis 35:8

And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, will die, and be buried from below the house of God, under the oak: and its name shall be called, The Oak of Weeping.

Genesis 24:59

And they will send forth Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Acts 7:10

And took him out of all his pressures, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and set him leader over Egypt and his whole house.

Genesis 39:3

And his lord will see that Jehovah is with him, and all that he did Jehovah prospering in his hand.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Lying

2 Kings 5:22

And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments?

2 Kings 5:25

And he came in, and he will stand by his lord: and Elisha will say to him, From whence, Gehazi? And he will say, Thy servant wait not hence and thence.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To honor them

1 Timothy 6:1

Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed.

Malachi 1:6

A son will honor the father, and the servant his lord; and if I a father, where mine honor? and if I their lord, where my fear? said Jehovah of armies to you, O priests despising my name. And ye said, In what did we despise thy name?

Servants » Divided into » Female

Genesis 32:5

And there will be to me ox and ass, sheep and servant, and maid; and I shall send to announce to my lord to find grace in thine eyes.

Genesis 16:6

And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be profitable to them

Luke 19:15-16

And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business. And the first approached, saying, Lord, thy coin has gained ten coins.

Luke 19:18

And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To obey them

Titus 2:9

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Servants » The subjects of a prince or king so called

Exodus 11:8

And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and worship to me, saying, Go forth, thou, and all the people which are at thy feet: and after this I will go forth. And he will go forth from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

Exodus 9:20

He fearing the word of Jehovah from the servants of Pharaoh, caused his servants to flee, and his cattle to the houses.

Servants » Hired » Often oppressed and their wages kept back

Malachi 3:5

And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.

Servants » Hired » Called hirelings

John 10:12-13

But the hired one, and not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and he leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf plunders them, and scatters the sheep. The hired flees, because he is hired, and no care is to him for the sheep.

Servants » Divided into » Hired

Mark 1:20

And quickly he called them: and having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hirelings; they went after him.

Luke 15:17

And having come to himself, he said, Many hired of my father abound in loaves, and I am perishing with hunger!

Servants » Who not to be the servant of

1 Corinthians 7:23-24

Ye were bought for a price; be ye not servants of men. Each, in what he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

Servants » Should be contented in their situation

1 Corinthians 7:20-21

Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain. A servant wert thou called? let it not concern thee: for if thou art able to be free, rather make use of it.

Servants » Slaves or bond » To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired

Deuteronomy 15:13-14

And when thou shalt send him away free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty. Furnishing, thou shalt furnish to him from thy sheep and from thy threshing floor, and from thy wine vat: with which Jehovah thy God blessed thee thou shalt give to him.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Sometimes intermarried with their master's family

1 Chronicles 2:34-35

And there will be no sons to Sheshan, but daughters. And to Sheehan a servant, an Egyptian, and his name Jarha. And Sheshan will give his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife; and she will bear to him Attai.

Servants » Wise servants

Proverbs 17:2

An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.

Proverbs 14:35

The acceptance of the king to a servant of understanding: and his wrath shall be to him causing shame.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin

Leviticus 25:47-55

And if the hand of a stranger and sojourner with thee shall attain, and thy brother with him be poor, and he sold to the stranger, a sojourner with thee, or to the root of the stranger's family: After the selling, redemption shall be to him; one from his brethren shall redeem him: Or his uncle, or his uncle's son shall redeem him, or from the remainder of his flesh from his family, shall redeem him; or his hand attained, and he redeemed himself. read more.
And he reckoned with him buying him, from the year of his being sold to him till the year of the jubilee: and the silver of his selling was according to the number of years, as the days of a hireling, shall it be with him. If yet a multitude of years, according to them he shall return his redemption from the silver of his sale. And if a fewness remained to the years till the year of jubilee; and he reckoned to him according to his years, he shall return his redemption. As the hireling of the year by the year shall he be with him: he shall not rule him by crushing to thine eyes. And if he shall not be redeemed in these, and he shall go forth in the year of the jubilee, he and his sons with him. For to me the sons of Israel are servants; they are my servants which I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: I Jehovah your God.

Servants » When good » Are the lord's freemen

Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as

Leviticus 25:39-40

And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant. As the hireling, as the sojourner, he shall be with thee; till the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee;

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Do not bear to be exalted

Proverbs 30:21-22

For three the earth was moved, and for four, which it shall not be able to lift up: For a servant when he shall reign; and the foolish one when he shall be filled with bread;

Servants » Slaves or bond » Seeking protection not to be delivered up to masters

Deuteronomy 23:15

Thou shalt not deliver the servant to his lord who shall be delivered to thee from his lord.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Sometimes rose to rank and station

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I saw servants upon horses, and chiefs going as servants upon the earth.

Servants » Slaves or bond » More valuable than hired servants

Deuteronomy 15:18

It shall not be hard in thine eye in thy sending him away free from thee, because for the year of the wages of the hireling he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God blessed thee in all which thou shalt do.

Servants » Hired » Not to be oppressed

Servants » Persons of low condition so called

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I saw servants upon horses, and chiefs going as servants upon the earth.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be prudent in the management of their affairs

Genesis 24:34-49

And he will say, I am Abraham's servant And Jehovah blessed my lord greatly, and he will be great; and he will give to him sheep and oxen, and silver and gold, and servants and maids and camels and asses. And Sarah my lord's wife will bring forth a son to my lord after she was old, and to him he will give all which is to him. read more.
And my lord will cause me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell. If not, thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my family, and take a wife to my son. And saying to my lord, If the woman will not come after me? And he will say to me, Jehovah, before whose face I walked, will send his messenger with thee, and prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from my family, and from my father's house. Then shalt thou be clean from mine oath, when thou shalt come to my family; if they will not give to thee, and thou shalt be pure from mine oath. And I will come this day to the fountain, and say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, if thou wilt now incline thyself to prosper my way in which I go: Behold, I stand by the fountain of waters, and the virgin coming forth to draw, and I said to her, Now give me to drink a little water from thy bucket And she saying to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: she the woman which Jehovah appointed for my lord's son. Before I shall finish speaking to my heart, and behold, Rebekah went forth, and her bucket upon her shoulder; and she will go down to the fountain and draw; and saying to her, Give me to drink now. And she will hasten and will bring down her bucket from her, and will say, Drink, and I will water thy camels also: and I shall drink, and she watered the camels also. And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. And I shall bow down and worship Jehovah, and bless Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my lord's brother to his son. And now if ye are doing kindness and truth with my lord, announce to me, and if not, announce to me; and I shall turn to the right hand or to the left.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be earnest in transacting their business

Genesis 24:54-56

And they will eat and drink, he and the men which were with him; and they will pass the night; and they will rise up in the morning, and he will say, Send me forth to my lord. And her brother will say, and her mother, The girl shall remain with us, perhaps ten days; after that she shall go. And he will say to them, Ye shall not delay me, and Jehovah prospered my way send me forth, and I shall go to my lord.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be kind and attentive to their guests

Genesis 43:23-24

And he will say, Peace to you, ye shall not be afraid; your God, and the God of your father, gave to you treasure in your sacks: your silver came to me. And he brought forth to them. Simeon. And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Servants » Good--exemplified » jacob

Genesis 31:36-40

And it kindled to Jacob, and he will contend with Laban, and Jacob will answer and say to Laban, What my fault? what my sin that thou didst hotly pursue after me? That thou didst feel all my vessels, what didst thou find of all the vessels of thy house? Set here before my brethren and thy brethren, and they shall decide between us two. These twenty years I am with thee; thy sheep and thy she-goats were not barren, and the rams of thy flock, I ate not. read more.
The torn I brought not to thee; I shall bear the blame of it; from my hand thou will seek it, thefts of the day, and thefts of the night I was in the day, the drought consumed me, and cold in the night, and sleep will flee away from mine eyes.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting, often violated

Jeremiah 34:8-16

The word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah after king Zedekiah cut out a covenant with all the people which were in Jerusalem, to call to them liberty; For a man to send away his servant, and a man his maid, the Hebrew or the Hebrewess, free; for a man not to serve with them with a Jew his brother. And all the chiefs will hear, and all the people which came into the covenant, to send away a man his servant and a man his maid, free, no more to serve with them, and they will hear and will send away. read more.
And they will turn back after this, and they will cause their servants and their maids to turn back whom they sent away free, and they subdued them for servants and for maids. And the word of Jehovah will be to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I cut out a covenant with your fathers in the day of my bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants, saying, From the end of seven years ye shall send away a man his brother, the Hebrew who shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years, and send him away free from thee; and your fathers heard not to me and inclined not their ear And ye will turn back to-day and do the straight in mine eyes, to call liberty a man to his neighbor; and ye will cut out a covenant before me in the house which my name was called upon it And ye will turn back and pollute my name, and ye will cause to turn back a man his servant and a man his maid, whom ye sent away free to their soul, and ye will subdue them to be to you for servants and for maids

Servants » Who is not the servant of Christ

Galatians 1:6-10

I wonder that so quickly are ye transferred from him having called you by the grace of Christ to another good news: Which is not another; except some are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of Christ. But also if we, or a messenger from heaven, announce good news to you, more than what: we have announced to you, let him be anathema. read more.
As we said before, also now say I again, If any announce to you good news above what ye received, let him be anathema. For now do I persuade men, or God? or seek I to please men? for if I had yet pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

Servants » The property of masters increased by faithful

Genesis 30:29-30

And he will say to him, Thou. knewest what I served thee, and what was thy cattle with me. For little which was to thee before me, and it will break forth into a multitude; and Jehovah will praise thee at my foot: and now when shall I make to myself a house?

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Ziba

2 Samuel 16:1-4

And David passed over a little from the head, and behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's boy, to his meeting, and a pair of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred of bread and a hundred bunches of dried grapes, and a hundred of fruits, and a flask of wine. And the king will say to Ziba, What are these to thee? and Ziba will say, The asses for the house of the king to ride; and the bread and the fruits for the food of the boys, and the wine for the drinking of the faint in the desert. And the king will say, And where the son of thy lord? And Ziba will say to the king: Behold, he will dwell in Jerusalem: for he said, This day the house of Israel will turn back to me the kingdom of my father. read more.
And the king will say to Ziba, Behold, to thee all which was to Mephibosheth. And Ziba will say, I worshiped; shall I find grace in the eyes of my lord the king?

Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as

Leviticus 25:44

And thy servant and thy maid which shall be to thee, from the nations which are round about you, from them ye shall buy servant and maid.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Strangers sojourning in israel might be purchased as

Leviticus 25:45

And from the sons of the sojourner sojourning with you, from them shall ye buy, and from their families which are with you, which were born in your land: and they were to you for a possession.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Maimed or injured by masters, to have their freedom

Exodus 21:26-27

And if a man strike the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid, and he destroyed it; he shall send him forth free for the sake of his eye. And if the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his maid he shall cast out, he shall send him forth free for his tooth.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting the killing of

Exodus 21:20-21

And if a man shall strike his servant or his maid with a rod, and he died under his hand, avenging, he shall be avenged. But if a day or two days he shall stand, he shall not be avenged, for he is his silver.

Servants » Should serve » As the servants of Christ

Ephesians 6:5-6

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul:

Servants » When good » Are the servants of Christ

Servants » When patient under injury are acceptable to God

1 Peter 2:19-20

For this is grace, if any by consciousness of God bear grief, suffering unjustly. For what glory, if, sinning and being cuffed, ye endure? but if, doing good, and suffering, ye endure, this is grace with God.

Servants » Early mention of

Genesis 9:25-26

And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. And he will say, Praised Jehovah, God of Shem; Canaan shall be servant to him.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Will not submit to correction

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for he will understand and not answer.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To sympathize with them

2 Samuel 12:18

And it will be in the seventh day, and the child will die. And David's servants feared to announce to him that the child died: for they said, Behold, in the child being living we spake to him and he heard not to our voice, and how shall we say to him the child died, and do evil?

Servants » Good--exemplified » David's servants

2 Samuel 12:18

And it will be in the seventh day, and the child will die. And David's servants feared to announce to him that the child died: for they said, Behold, in the child being living we spake to him and he heard not to our voice, and how shall we say to him the child died, and do evil?

Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female

Exodus 21:7-11

And if a man shall sell his daughter for a maid, she shall not go forth as the servants went forth. If evil in the eyes of her lord, he did not betroth her and he ransomed her: to a strange people he shall not have power to sell her, in his acting deceitfully by her. And if to a son he shall betroth her, according to the judgment of daughters he shall do to her. read more.
If he shall take to him another, her food and her covering and her cohabitation he shall not take away. And if he shall not do these three to her, she shall go forth gratuitously without silver.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Custom of branding, alluded to

Servants » When good » Often advanced by master

Genesis 39:4-5

And Joseph will find grace in his eyes, and he will serve him, and he will appoint him over his house, and all which is to him he gave into his hand. And it will be from the time he appointed him over his house, and over all which is to him, and Jehovah will bless the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; and the blessing of Jehovah will be upon all which is to him in the house and in the field.

Servants » Hired » To partake of the produce of the land the sabbatical year

Leviticus 25:6

And the Sabbath of the land shall be to you for food; to thee and to thy servant, and to thy maid, and to thy hireling, and to thine inhabitant sojourning with thee.

Servants » Hired » Often stood in the market place waiting for employment

Matthew 20:1-3

For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard. And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard. And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place,

Servants » Who shall be servant to the wise of heart

Servants » Whose servants are wicked

Proverbs 29:12

A ruler listening to the word of falsehood, all serving him are unjust

Servants » Who are the servants of corruption

2 Peter 2:1-19

And also were there false prophets among the people, as also among you shall be false teachers, who shall privately bring in doctrines of perdition, and denying the master having purchased them, having brought upon themselves swift destruction. (And many shall follow their licentiousness; by whom the way of truth shall be defamed.) And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not. read more.
For if God spared not the angels having sinned, but delivered up, hurled into Tartarus, to cords of darkness, having been kept for judgment; And spared not the old world, but Noah the eighth, a herald of justice, he watched, having brought an inundation upon the world of the irreligious; And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha having reduced to ashes, condemned with a catastrophe, a pattern set to them about to act irreligiously; And just Lot, being harassed by the licentiousness of the lawless for the turning back, he delivered: (For the just one in seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, from day to day tried the just soul with lawless works;) The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment; And chiefly them going after the flesh in eager desire of defilement, and despising dominion. Self-sufficient, rash men, they tremble not, defaming glories. Where angels, being greater in strength and power, bring not defaming judgment against them to the Lord. But these, as natural irrational living creatures, having been for catching and destroying, defaming in what things they are ignorant of; and shall be destroyed in their corruption; Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse: Having forsaken the straight way, they were led astray, having followed in the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the reward of injustice; And he had reprehension for his own iniquity: the dumb ass speaking in man's voice impeded the insanity of the prophet. These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever. For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error. Promising them liberty, they being servants of corruption: for by whom any is conquered, by him has he been made to serve.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Unmerciful to their fellows

Matthew 18:30

. And he would not; but having departed he cast him into prison till he should give back that being owed.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Gluttony, &c

Matthew 24:49

And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated;

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Shall be punished

Matthew 24:50

The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not,

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To prefer their business to their own necessary food

Genesis 24:33

And he will set before his face to eat, and he will say, Not to eat till I have spoken my word. And he will say, Speak.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To revere them the more, when they are believers

1 Timothy 6:2

And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To pray for them

Genesis 24:12

And he will say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, light upon my face this day, and do kindness with lord Abraham.

Servants » Good--exemplified » Onesimus after his conversion

Philemon 1:11

Once unprofitable to thee, but now more profitable to thee and to me:

Servants » Good--exemplified » Captive maid

2 Kings 5:2-4

And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife. And she will say to her mistress, O that my lord was before the prophet that is in Shomeron! then he will gather him from his leprosy. And one will go and announce to his lord, saying, According to this, and according to this, spake the girl which was from the land of Israel.

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Onesimus before his conversion

Philemon 1:11

Once unprofitable to thee, but now more profitable to thee and to me:

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Servants of abimelech

Genesis 21:25

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force.

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Servants of amon

2 Kings 21:23

And the servants of Amon will conspire against him, and they will kill the king in his house.

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Jeroboam

1 Kings 11:26

And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, and his mother's name Zeruah, a widow woman, servant to Solomon, and he will lift up the hand against the king.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their ears bored to the door

Exodus 21:5-6

And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free: And his lord brought him near to God, and he brought him near to the door, or to the door-post, and his lord pierced his ear with an awl; and he served him forever.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Could not when set free demand wives or children procured during servitude

Exodus 21:3-4

If he shall come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he possessed a wife, and his wife shall go forth with him. If his lord shall give to hint a wife, and she brought to him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be to her lord, and he shall go forth by himself.

Servants » Should serve » As doing the will of God from the heart

Servants » Should serve » With good will

Servants » When good » Are brethren beloved in the lord

Philemon 1:16

No more as a servant, but above a servant, a dearly beloved brother, especially to me, and how much rather to thee, also in the flesh, and in the Lord?

Servants » When good » Are blessed by God

Servants » Should be compassionate to their fellows

Matthew 18:33

Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Covetousness

2 Kings 5:20

And Gehazi the boy of Elisha, the man of God, will say, Behold, my lord spared Naaman this Aramite from taking from his hand what he brought: Jehovah lives, for if I ran after him land book from him something.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be subject to them

Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of naaman

2 Kings 5:13

And his servants will come near and speak to him, and say, My father, spake the prophet a great word to thee, wilt thou not do? and much more he said to thee, Wash and be cleansed,

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Servants of shimei

1 Kings 2:39

And it will be from the end of three years, and two servants to Shimei, will flee to Achish, son of Maachah, king of Gath: and they will announce to Shimci, saying, Behold, thy servants in Gath.

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Gehazi

2 Kings 5:20

And Gehazi the boy of Elisha, the man of God, will say, Behold, my lord spared Naaman this Aramite from taking from his hand what he brought: Jehovah lives, for if I ran after him land book from him something.

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Zimri

1 Kings 16:9

And Zimri, captain of half his chariots will conspire against him, and he in Tirzah drinking strong drink in the house of Arza, who was over his house in Tirzah.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Masters to be recompensed for injury done to

Exodus 21:32

If the ox shall push a servant, or a maid, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to his lord, and the ox shall be stoned.

Servants » Slaves or bond » To be allowed to rest on the sabbath

Exodus 20:10

And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.

Servants » Should serve » For conscience towards God

Servants » When good » Are mourned over after death

Genesis 35:8

And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, will die, and be buried from below the house of God, under the oak: and its name shall be called, The Oak of Weeping.

Servants » When good » Are protected by God

Servants » When good » Are prospered by God

Genesis 39:3

And his lord will see that Jehovah is with him, and all that he did Jehovah prospering in his hand.

Servants » Hired » Engaged by the day

Matthew 20:2

And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard.

Servants » Should follow Christ's example

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To attend to their call

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.

Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of centurion

Matthew 8:9

For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.

Servants » Slaves or bond » Thieves unable to make restitution were sold as

Exodus 22:3

If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft.

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Stealing

Titus 2:10

Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to defraud them

Titus 2:10

Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things.

Servants » When good » Adorn the doctrine of God their saviour in all things

Titus 2:10

Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things.

Servants » Hired » Often will fed and taken care of

Luke 15:17

And having come to himself, he said, Many hired of my father abound in loaves, and I am perishing with hunger!

Servants » Are inferior to their masters

Luke 22:27

For which the greater, he reclining, or he serving? is not he reclining and I am in the midst of you as he serving.

Servants » Duties of, to masters » To please them well in all things

Titus 2:9

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to answer them rudely

Titus 2:9

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of cornelius

Acts 10:7

And when the messenger speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his servants, and a religious soldier of those persevering with him;

Servants » Bad--exemplified » Job's servants

Job 19:16

I called to my servant and he will not answer; I shall entreat him with my mouth.

Servants » Hired » To be esteemed worthy of their hire

Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of boaz

Ruth 2:4

And behold, Boaz came from the house of bread, and he will say to the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they will say to him, Jehovah will bless thee.

Servants » Hired » Anxiety of, for the end of their daily toil, alluded to

Job 7:2

As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work:

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Examples Of Bad Servants

2 Samuel 16:1-4

And David passed over a little from the head, and behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's boy, to his meeting, and a pair of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred of bread and a hundred bunches of dried grapes, and a hundred of fruits, and a flask of wine.

Fire From God's Servants

Genesis 3:24

And he will drive out Adam; and he will set up from the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning itself about to keep the way of the tree of lives.

Servants Of People

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.

Servants, Good

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam mighty of strength: and Solomon will see the boy that he did work, and he will appoint him for the burden of the house of Joseph.

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