39 Bible Verses about Serving
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If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"
If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.
Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."
If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on 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 have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,
You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?'"
Then Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don't turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21The Lord God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
Serving Asherah
1 Kings 11:5Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
Serving Christ
Romans 14:18For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
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 14:12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'"
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck."
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16He said, "Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2Joshua told all the people, "Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
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