Serving Others
Using your life to bless and help others
Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Read commentary →Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the Lord God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Read commentary →Genesis 2:15
The Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Read commentary →Genesis 2:19
Out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
Read commentary →Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
Read commentary →Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Read commentary →Genesis 4:2
Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Read commentary →Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Read commentary →Genesis 6:20
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
Read commentary →Genesis 7:15
They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
Read commentary →Genesis 9:2
The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
Read commentary →Genesis 9:25
He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
Read commentary →Exodus 3:9
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Read commentary →Exodus 3:12
He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
Read commentary →Exodus 3:18
They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord, our God.'
Read commentary →Exodus 4:24
It happened on the way at a lodging place, that the Lord met him and wanted to kill him.
Read commentary →Exodus 5:3
They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
Read commentary →Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!"
Read commentary →Exodus 5:19
The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"
Read commentary →Exodus 6:5
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:16
You shall tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:1
The Lord spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:16
The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
Read commentary →Exodus 8:20
The Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what the Lord says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:26
Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
Read commentary →Exodus 8:32
Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:7
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of Israel dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:8
The Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:13
The Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:20
Those who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:30
But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God."
Read commentary →Numbers 3:7
They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Read commentary →Numbers 3:8
They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Read commentary →Numbers 4:4
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
Read commentary →Numbers 4:24
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
Read commentary →Numbers 4:27
At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
Read commentary →Numbers 4:28
This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Read commentary →Numbers 4:33
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
Read commentary →Numbers 4:37
These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.
Read commentary →Numbers 4:41
These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
Read commentary →Numbers 7:9
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
Read commentary →Numbers 8:15
"After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
Read commentary →Numbers 8:19
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
Read commentary →Numbers 8:22
After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:28
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:15
You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:32
You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:13
You shall fear the Lord your God; and you shall serve him only, and shall swear by his name.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:25
It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us."
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 7:4
For he will turn away your son from following me, so that he may serve other gods: so the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 7:16
You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 8:19
It shall be, if you shall forget the Lord your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 9:27
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Read commentary →Joshua 1:1
Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
Read commentary →Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
Read commentary →Judges 2:7
The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord that he had worked for Israel.
Read commentary →Judges 2:8
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred ten years old.
Read commentary →Judges 2:11
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals;
Read commentary →Judges 2:19
But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they did not cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Read commentary →Judges 3:7
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Read commentary →Judges 3:8
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
Read commentary →Judges 3:24
Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."
Read commentary →Judges 6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Read commentary →Judges 7:10
But if you fear to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp:
Read commentary →Judges 8:1
The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they argued with him fiercely.
Read commentary →Judges 9:28
Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem. But why should we serve him?
Read commentary →Judges 9:38
Then Zebul said to him, "Where is now your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Is not this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."
Read commentary →Ruth 2:5
Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young lady is this?"
Read commentary →1 Kings 2:15
He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from the Lord.
Read commentary →1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Read commentary →1 Kings 5:1
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:16
'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
Read commentary →1 Kings 9:6
But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Read commentary →1 Kings 9:7
then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Read commentary →1 Kings 9:9
and they shall answer, 'Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.'"
Read commentary →2 Kings 2:12
Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
Read commentary →2 Kings 2:13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
Read commentary →2 Kings 3:22
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.
Read commentary →2 Kings 8:7
Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. It was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here."
Read commentary →2 Kings 9:8
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
Read commentary →2 Kings 9:10
The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.'" He opened the door, and fled.
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:2
Therefore his servants said to him, "Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm."
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:33
The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:47
Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:24
who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:25
Now therefore, may the Lord, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, 'There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.'
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:30
Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:52
that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
Read commentary →2 Kings 4:12
He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
Read commentary →2 Kings 4:24
Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Do not slow down for me, unless I ask you to."
Read commentary →2 Kings 8:19
However the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
Read commentary →2 Kings 9:28
His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
Read commentary →1 Chronicles 2:35
Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
Read commentary →1 Chronicles 6:31
These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.
Read commentary →1 Chronicles 6:32
They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
Read commentary →1 Chronicles 9:28
Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 2:10
Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:16
"Now therefore, Lord, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, 'There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.'
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:21
Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:23
then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 7:19
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 8:9
But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 8:18
Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:7
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:10
The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Read commentary →Ezra 2:55
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
Read commentary →Ezra 2:58
All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
Read commentary →Ezra 5:11
Thus they returned us answer, saying, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
Read commentary →Ezra 7:19
The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 1:10
"Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?"
Read commentary →Nehemiah 4:23
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 6:5
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
Read commentary →Nehemiah 7:57
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Read commentary →Nehemiah 7:60
All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:35
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:36
"Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.
Read commentary →Esther 2:2
Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
Read commentary →Esther 3:2
All the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay him homage.
Read commentary →Esther 3:3
Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's commandment?"
Read commentary →Esther 6:5
The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court." The king said, "Let him come in."
Read commentary →Job 1:8
The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
Read commentary →Job 2:3
The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
Read commentary →Psalms 9:8
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
Read commentary →Proverbs 2:8
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his holy ones.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:25
Do not be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:12
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:27
Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
Read commentary →Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
Read commentary →Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Read commentary →Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
Read commentary →Jeremiah 2:14
Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?
Read commentary →Jeremiah 2:20
"For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve;' for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 5:19
It will happen, when you say, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
Read commentary →Lamentations 5:8
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
Read commentary →Daniel 2:7
They answered the second time and said, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."
Read commentary →Daniel 3:17
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
Read commentary →Daniel 3:18
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up."
Read commentary →Daniel 9:6
Neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Read commentary →Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.
Read commentary →Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Lord, and do not give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
Read commentary →Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of the Lord, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
Read commentary →Malachi 1:6
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says the Lord of hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
Read commentary →Malachi 3:17
They shall be mine," says the Lord of hosts, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Read commentary →Malachi 3:18
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
Read commentary →Malachi 4:4
"Remember the Law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Read commentary →Matthew 1:24
And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
Read commentary →Matthew 2:14
And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
Read commentary →Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
Read commentary →Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:22
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:22
Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
Read commentary →Matthew 8:9
For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Read commentary →Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Read commentary →Matthew 9:20
And behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
Read commentary →Mark 3:4
He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.
Read commentary →Mark 3:10
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
Read commentary →Mark 5:29
And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Read commentary →Mark 6:56
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Read commentary →Mark 8:6
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
Read commentary →Mark 8:33
But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
Read commentary →Luke 2:12
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
Read commentary →Luke 4:8
Jesus answered and said to him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
Read commentary →Luke 4:20
He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Read commentary →Luke 5:5
Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."
Read commentary →Luke 6:9
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"
Read commentary →Luke 7:2
A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
Read commentary →Luke 7:8
For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Read commentary →Luke 7:28
"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
Read commentary →John 1:17
For the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Read commentary →John 4:51
As he was now going down, his servants met him, saying that his son was alive.
Read commentary →John 6:27
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
Read commentary →John 6:54
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Read commentary →John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you keeps the Law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
Read commentary →John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Read commentary →John 7:35
The Jewish leaders therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Diaspora among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Read commentary →John 8:33
They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free?'"
Read commentary →John 8:35
A bondservant does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
Read commentary →John 8:37
I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
Read commentary →John 8:39
They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Read commentary →Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
Read commentary →Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Read commentary →Romans 6:16
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Read commentary →Romans 6:20
For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
Read commentary →Romans 6:22
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 4:1
So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 7:21
Were you called being a bondservant? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 7:22
For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price. Do not become bondservants of men.
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
Read commentary →1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 9:1
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 9:10
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 9:12
For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
Read commentary →Galatians 3:5
He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
Read commentary →Galatians 3:19
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Read commentary →Galatians 4:7
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
Read commentary →Galatians 4:8
However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
Read commentary →Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
Read commentary →Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
Read commentary →Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
Read commentary →Colossians 1:7
even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,
Read commentary →Colossians 1:25
of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
Read commentary →Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
Read commentary →Colossians 4:1
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Read commentary →Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Read commentary →Colossians 4:17
Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."
Read commentary →1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.
Read commentary →2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
Read commentary →2 Timothy 2:24
The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,
Read commentary →Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Read commentary →Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
Read commentary →Hebrews 3:5
Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
Read commentary →Hebrews 8:6
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.
Read commentary →James 1:1
Jacob, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
Read commentary →1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
Read commentary →1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.
Read commentary →2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Read commentary →2 Peter 2:19
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
Read commentary →Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of Jacob, to those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Read commentary →Revelation 7:15
Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
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