Bible Verses About Service
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for service, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,120 votes, led by 1 Peter 4:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Service
1 Peter 4:10325 votes
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter 4:9-11263 votes
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Galatians 5:13260 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.
Mark 10:45239 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.
Colossians 3:23-24161 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Isaiah 58:10142 votes
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Matthew 25:35-40138 votes
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Mark 9:35134 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.
John 12:26130 votes
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Romans 12:11123 votes
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Matthew 6:24102 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
James 2:1892 votes
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Matthew 20:26-2891 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Hebrews 6:1091 votes
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Matthew 20:2890 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.
1 Samuel 12:2482 votes
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Acts 20:3578 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.
Ephesians 4:2875 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Joshua 22:573 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.
Romans 12:173 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 2:1073 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Luke 6:3872 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 23:1171 votes
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Romans 12:6-769 votes
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
1 Corinthians 15:5863 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.
What does the Bible say about service?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 4:10 on the subject of service. Across 6,120 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 4:9-11, Galatians 5:13, Mark 10:45. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.