Bible Verses About Serving
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for serving, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,760 votes, led by Mark 10:45. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Serving
Mark 10:45197 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 4:10109 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.
Galatians 5:1388 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.
Romans 12:1179 votes
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Ephesians 6:776 votes
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Joshua 24:1570 votes
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Hebrews 6:1067 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.
Mark 9:3559 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.
Matthew 6:2453 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.
John 12:2650 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.
Matthew 20:2848 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 Corinthians 15:5848 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.
Joshua 22:547 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.
1 Samuel 12:2445 votes
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Matthew 23:1144 votes
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Deuteronomy 13:441 votes
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Romans 12:141 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.
Hebrews 9:1440 votes
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Peter 4:1140 votes
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Luke 6:3834 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 25:2133 votes
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou 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.
Matthew 25:35-4033 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:
2 Timothy 3:16-1733 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
1 Chronicles 28:930 votes
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Acts 20:3530 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.
What does the Bible say about serving?
Readers most often cite Mark 10:45 on the subject of serving. Across 2,760 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 4:10, Galatians 5:13, Romans 12:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.