49 Bible Verses about Serving God

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men,

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

But you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

“If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasures.

Worship the Lord with reverence
And rejoice with trembling.

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

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.

There you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’

Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

They stand this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things are Your servants.

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,

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”

In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted to them.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”