'Servant' in the Bible

So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."

For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, "May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure."

For the music director; written by the Lord's servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave!

The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones!

He sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph was sold as a servant.

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.

(Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.

Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you.

(Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

(Tet) You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised.

May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant.

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me!

Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes!

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Smile on your servant! Teach me your statutes!

Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,

Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.

the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

Later the Lord explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

"At that time I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

Everyone will suffer -- the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"

"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

you whom I am bringing back from the earth's extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions -- I told you, "You are my servant." I have chosen you and not rejected you.

"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.

You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!"

This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says -- the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: "Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!

Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Announce it with a shout of joy! Make this known! Proclaim it throughout the earth! Say, 'The Lord protects his servant Jacob.

He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor."

So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant -- he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord's sight, for my God is my source of strength --

he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth."

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you."

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

"Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted --

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him.

could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.

I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.'"

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them."

Then tell them, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them.

I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

"'My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.

They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it -- they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?"

"All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.

"So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.

You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.

On that day,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,' says the Lord, 'and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,' says the Lord who rules over all."

Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.

Instead he will say, 'I am no prophet -- indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.'