Servant
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Servant’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 169–192 of 448 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Job 19:16 OT
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
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“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold,…
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Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief, for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’ “He said to him,…
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“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. When the season for the…
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Mark 12:1-9 NT
He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. When it was time, he sent a servant to the…
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But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face. Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the…
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Nehemiah 5:8 OT
I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.
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Job 31:13 OT
“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
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Job 31:14 OT
what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
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Psalms 123:2 OT
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
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Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
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A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
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One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
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There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
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“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up: For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food, for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
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Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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Isaiah 52:3 OT
For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
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“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;