39 Bible Verses about Serving
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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."
If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
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."
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.
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.
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.
"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.
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,
"You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
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.
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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.
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35Even in their own kingdom, and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land that you set before them, they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.
Serving Asherah
1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Serving God
Matthew 6:24"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.
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck."
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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