Bible Verses About Servant Leaders
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for servant leaders, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,326 votes, led by Mark 10:42-45. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Servant Leaders
Mark 10:42-45329 votes
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
Mark 10:45261 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.
1 Peter 5:3243 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
John 13:12-15217 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?
Acts 20:35142 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Hebrews 13:7141 votes
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.
Luke 22:26140 votes
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.
Philippians 2:3-8139 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Matthew 20:26109 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Acts 20:28109 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Matthew 20:2899 votes
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 13:12-1781 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?
Galatians 6:972 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Hebrews 13:1761 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Philippians 2:360 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Timothy 3:1-1655 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Mark 9:3551 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.
1 Peter 5:1-1451 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Proverbs 4:2350 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Philippians 4:1348 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Psalms 78:7247 votes
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
1 Timothy 4:1244 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Ephesians 4:1243 votes
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Exodus 18:2142 votes
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
John 3:3040 votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.
What does the Bible say about servant leaders?
Readers most often cite Mark 10:42-45 on the subject of servant leaders. Across 4,326 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 10:45, 1 Peter 5:3, John 13:12-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.