'Servant' in the Bible

My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long. For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.

Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

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

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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

For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.

Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.

For your servant David's sake, don't turn away the face of your anointed one.

Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. By David.

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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

There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.'"

"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;'

"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights -- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

"You are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built,' and 'I will raise up its waste places;'

Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say, Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.

and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is become my strength);

yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."

Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born [slave]? Why has he become a prey?

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.

Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

As the army of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.

then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

But don't you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?

Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him.

Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Armies."

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

"Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.

"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.