20 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

Verse ConceptsChariotsOfficersTrusting In ChariotsTrusting Other People

Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

Verse ConceptsLanguages

So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

Verse ConceptsWord Of God

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:

Verse ConceptsBeginningArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredSure KnowledgeRebuilding Jerusalem

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsProtectionSecurityHelp From GodJustification Under The GospelImputed RighteousnessGod VindicatesEzekiel InvasionGod Protector Of IsraelJudgementcondemnationaccusationsvindicationprospering

And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:

Verse ConceptsForeignersUnited With GodForeigners Included Among The PeopleStrangers in israelImmigrantsAliens

And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfForeignersReinstatementServanthood, In SocietyAnger Of God, Saved FromDivine FavourForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Showed MercyAliensFavorrebuilding

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceMinistry, Nature OfMission, Of IsraelA Kingdom Of PriestsRoyal PriesthoodGetting RichRichesGentiles

O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeopleFor The Sake Of God's People

This is the word of the Lord: As the new wine is seen in the grapes, and they say, Do not send destruction on it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants, in order that I may not put an end to them all.

Verse ConceptsGrapesNot DestroyedFor The Sake Of God's People

And I will take a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah one who will have my mountains for a heritage: and the people I have taken to be mine will have it for themselves, and my servants will have their resting-place there.

For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:

Verse ConceptsThirstBeing UnsatisfiedFamine Coming From GodYou Will Rejoice In Salvationhunger

My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPromised JoyOthers MourningA Broken Heart

And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Renaming PeopleNames Blotted OutGod KillsA New Namecurses

And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationGrassPromised JoyGod's HandProvision For The Bodymotheringrejuvenation

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