100 Bible Verses About Service

And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

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:

And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.