25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

But thus shall it not be with you. But whosoever will be a great man among you, let him be your servant;

But ye shall not act thus: but the superior among you, let him be as the junior; and he that presideth, as he that serveth.

But it shall not be so with you: but whosoever will be great among you let him be your servant:

And when he was seated, he called the twelve, and saith to them, If any man desires to be the first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.

or if the deacon's office, be active in the service; or he that teacheth, in teaching;

Remember your presidents, who have spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their fidelity.

And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Messiah.

for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:

The disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor the servant above his master.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but even to the froward.

Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,

But when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, entreating him that he would come and preserve the life of his servant.

Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing,

But Jesus, calling them to him, said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority among them.

His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many: enter thou into thy master's joy.

Salute all your presiding ministers, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

JUDE a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified in God the Father, and preserved by Jesus Christ, the called:

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;

But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing, throttled him, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

I NOW commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church which is at Cenchrea:

for they loved honour from men, more than honour from God.