19 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

He will take the best products of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves and give them to his servants.

Verse ConceptsTaking Possessions

He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his officers and servants.

Verse ConceptsTithing For People

He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys to do his work.

Verse ConceptsServants Of PeopleLoss Of Donkeys

He will take a tenth of your flock, and you will become his servants.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of SlavesTithing For People

Then all the people told Samuel, "Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we don't die, because we made all our sins worse by asking for a king for ourselves."

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodConfession, Examples OfAskingNot DyingAdding EvilDeath PreventedPray For Us

Saul's servants told him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

Verse ConceptsNervousness

Let our lord order his servants who attend you to look for a man who is skilled in playing the lyre. And then when an evil spirit from God comes on you, he will play and you will be better."

Verse ConceptsHarpsInstrumentalists

Saul told his servants, "Find a man for me who can play well and bring him to me."

Verse ConceptsInstrumentalists

He stood still and called out to the ranks of Israel, "Why should you move into position for battle? Am I not a Philistine and you Saul's servants? Choose a man for yourselves to come down against me.

Verse ConceptsVoicesChoosing People

If he's able to fight me and strike me down, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you will become our servants and serve us."

Verse ConceptsSubstitutionThose Subjected To People

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul's servants answered: "I saw Jesse's son coming to Nob to Ahitub's son Ahimelech.

Ask your young men and they'll tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor with you since we came on a special day. Please give whatever you have available to your servants and to your son David.'"

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human Relationships

Nabal answered David's servants: "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.

Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfInhospitalityDisloyaltyEscaping From PeopleWho Is This?Other Unimportant PeopleI Am Unimportant

Then David sent word to Abigail that he would take her as his wife. David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel and told her, "David sent us to you to take you to him as his wife."

She got up, prostrated herself face down on the ground, and replied, "Your servant would be a slave to wash the feet of your majesty's servants."

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetGuestsReadinessFeet WashingClean Feet

Saul told his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium so I can go to her and make my inquiry through her." His servants told him, "Look, there's a woman at Endor who is a medium."

Verse ConceptsMaidsNecromancyOccultismDivinationmagicwitchesmistresssaul

Both his servants and the woman urged him, and so he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed. The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

Verse ConceptsFlourFoodCooking, MethodsBakingKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating CattleBaking BreadKneading Dough

She brought it to Saul and to his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went out that night.

Verse ConceptsPeople Eating

Now, get up early in the morning along with your lord's servants who came with you. Get up early in the morning, and go as soon as you have light."

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyEarly Rising

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Handmaiden (3 instances)
Servant (845 instances)

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