39 Bible Verses about Serving
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
If they hearken and serve him, they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.
Do ye not know that they who labour at sacred things eat of the offerings offered in the temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.
For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations: A people I knew not doth serve me:
For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;
But I would have you know, brethren, that the circumstances in which I am have turned out rather to the furtherance of the glad tidings,
as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not known.
Serving Asherah
1 Kings 11:5And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Serving Christ
Romans 14:18For he that in this serves the Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men.
Serving God
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, on his chariot and among his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots;
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God.
Serving The Church
Romans 12:7or service, let us occupy ourselves in service; or he that teaches, in teaching;