Serving: 25 Scriptures about Service to Others 

25 Bible Verses about What the Bible says about Service to Others List Verse and Description

Scriptures about Service to Others 

1. Galatians 5:13: “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” This verse encourages us to use our freedom to serve others out of love.
2. Colossians 3:23-24: “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” This verse reminds us to serve the Lord by serving others.
3. Matthew 25:40: “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” This verse emphasizes that serving others is equivalent to serving God.
4. Philippians 2:3-4: “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” This verse encourages us to be humble and considerate of others in our service.
5. Romans 12:10: “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” This verse reminds us to serve others with brotherly love and respect.
6. Hebrews 10:24: “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” This verse encourages us to spur each other on towards serving God and others.
7. 1 Corinthians 10:24: “Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.” This verse reminds us to serve others with selfless intentions.
8. Luke 6:35: “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.” This verse encourages us to serve others without expecting anything in return.
9. Romans 15:1: “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.” This verse reminds us to serve those who are weaker than us and not focus on pleasing ourselves.
10. Matthew 20:28: “Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” This verse reminds us that Jesus came to serve us and that we should follow his example in serving others.
11. James 2:15-16: “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?” This verse encourages us to serve others with tangible acts of kindness.
12. Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” This verse reminds us that Jesus offers us rest and guidance as we serve him and others.
13. Isaiah 58:10: “If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.” This verse encourages us to serve the needy and promises that our light will shine in the darkness.
14. Acts 20:35: “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” This verse reminds us that it is more blessed to give than to receive and encourages us to serve those who are weak.
15. Proverbs 19:17: “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” This verse reminds us that when we serve the poor, we are serving God and that he will repay us for our deeds.
16. Matthew 25:34-36: “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.’” This verse reminds us that we should serve others in tangible ways by providing them with food and drink and by welcoming strangers.
17. Hebrews 13:16: “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” This verse encourages us to share what we have with others as an act of service that pleases God.
18. 1 Peter 4:10-11: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” This verse reminds us to use the gifts God has given us to serve others and glorify him.
19. Mark 10:45: “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” This verse reminds us that Jesus came to serve us and that we should follow his example in serving others.
20. 1 John 3:17-18: “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” This verse encourages us to show our love for others through service.
21. 1 Timothy 6:18-19: “They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.” This verse encourages us to serve others with generosity and to store up eternal treasures.
22. 1 John 4:20: “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” This verse reminds us that we cannot truly love God if we do not love our brothers and sisters in service.
23. Proverbs 3:27-28: “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it’—when you have it with you.” This verse encourages us to serve others in tangible ways when we have the ability to do so.
24. Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.” This verse reminds us to serve the Lord with a fervent spirit.
25. 1 Corinthians 12:25-26: “That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” This verse encourages us to serve each other as members of the same body.

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