Bible Verses about โhaving a servants heartโ
The Bible contains 28 verses about having a servants heart across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โBut if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.โ
โdoing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;โ
โeach of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.โ
โnot lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;โ
โHave this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,โ
โwith good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;โ
โLikewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."โ
โTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.โ
โcame to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.โ
โBut a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,โ
โOn the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'โ
โNow which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"โ
โFor you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.โ
โHe answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."โ
โFor the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."โ
โJesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.โ
โBy chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.โ
โIn the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.โ
โFor I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.โ
โHe said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."โ
โIf I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.โ
โMost certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.โ
โYou call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.โ
โSo when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?โ
โIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.โ
โWhoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.โ
โBut it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.โ
โFor we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;โ
