The word in Scripture

Serve in the Bible

The word serve appears 209 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To serve is to give oneself in glad obedience to God and others. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What serve means in the Bible

To serve is to give oneself in glad obedience to God and others.

Where the word serve appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word serve appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.”Psalms 22:30

“Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.”Psalms 97:7

“That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,”Luke 1:74

“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.”John 12:26

“It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.”Romans 9:12

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”Galatians 5:13

“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”Colossians 3:24

“Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:”Hebrews 12:28