Bible Verses About Having a Servants Heart
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for having a servants heart, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,272 votes, led by Philippians 2:3-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Having a Servants Heart
Philippians 2:3-5471 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Corinthians 15:58418 votes
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Ephesians 6:7369 votes
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Galatians 5:13274 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
2 Corinthians 4:5260 votes
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Mark 10:43-45242 votes
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
1 Peter 5:5230 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Luke 10:30-37208 votes
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
1 Timothy 5:8203 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Luke 10:27191 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
John 13:12-17181 votes
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
Mark 10:45179 votes
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Romans 12:11174 votes
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
1 Peter 2:1-25154 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Matthew 25:23152 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13143 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
John 12:25-26139 votes
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Matthew 23:11123 votes
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Joshua 22:5116 votes
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Proverbs 4:2398 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Colossians 3:2397 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Mark 9:3590 votes
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.
Philippians 2:5-888 votes
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
2 Timothy 2:2488 votes
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Matthew 23:11-1286 votes
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
What does the Bible say about having a servants heart?
Readers most often cite Philippians 2:3-5 on the subject of having a servants heart. Across 10,272 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 6:7, Galatians 5:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.