49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership
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But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
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