39 Bible Verses about Serving
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And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?
And having answered, Jesus said to him, Go thee behind me, Satan. It is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve.
But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.
For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.
And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables.
No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Because thou served not LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things,
Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people. Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
For who ranks higher, he who sits dining, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits dining? But I am in the midst of you as he who serves.
Thou have delivered me from the strivings of the people. Thou have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Hearken not to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
And Samuel said to the people, Fear not. Ye have indeed done all this evil, yet turn not aside from following LORD, but serve LORD with all your heart.
But I want you to know, brothers, that the things in respect to me have come more for the advancement of the good-news,
Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power.
Topics on Serving
Animals Serving Human Needs
Genesis 3:21And LORD God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10May thy kingdom come. May thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven.
Not Serving God
Nehemiah 9:35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gave them, and in the large and fat land which thou gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
Penalties For Serving Other Gods
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if ye shall not hearken to the commandments of LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Serving Asherah
1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Serving Christ
Romans 14:18For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
Serving God
Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Serving Individuals
Genesis 27:40And by thy sword thou shall live, and thou shall serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shall break loose, that thou shall shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Serving Jesus
Colossians 3:24knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Serving Kings
1 Samuel 8:11-16And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them to him for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots.
Serving One's Own Gods
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
Serving People
1 Peter 4:10As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.