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 the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;

You shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you

If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Then once more you shall see the distinction 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 that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done 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 will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

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

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

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.

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

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?'

Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully 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 having done you good."

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.

By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants.

of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.

"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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

If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."