39 Bible Verses about Serving
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And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
If they hearken and serve him, they shall spend their days in goodness and their years in delight.
not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord,
Do ye not know that those who work with sacred things live of the things of the sanctuary? and those who serve at the altar partake of the altar?
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
But Martha was cumbered about in much serving and came to him and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.
If anyone serves me, let them follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; the one that serves me, will my Father honour.
For they that are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly and by smooth words and blessings deceive the hearts of the simple.
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said, It is not right that we should leave the word of God and serve tables;
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
Because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.
For who is greater, he that sits at the table or he that serves? Is it not he that sits at the table? But I am among you as he that serves.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon and live: why should this city be laid waste?
And Samuel said unto the people, Do not fear. Ye have done all this wickedness, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel,
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
For he that in these things serves the Christ is well pleasing unto God and approved of men.
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I always remember you in my prayers,
of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the operation of his power.
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21Then the LORD God made coats of skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35For they did not serve thee in their kingdom and in thy great goodness that thou didst give them and in the large and fat land which thou didst deliver before them; neither did they turn from their wicked works.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse if ye will not hear the commandments of the LORD 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 11:5For 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 these things serves the Christ is well pleasing unto God and approved of men.
Serving God
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is this not what we told thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40and by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother; yet there shall be a time when thou shalt have dominion, and thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16And he said, This will be the right of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot.
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Long ago your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river, even Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor, and they served other gods.
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.