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It encompasses both the service of God and the service of others, reflecting a life of dedication, humility, and love. The Hebrew word often translated as "serve" is "&#1506;&#1464;&#1489;&#1463;&#1491;" (avad), and the Greek equivalent is "&#948;&#959;&#965;&#955;&#949;&#973;&#969;" (douleu&#333;).<br><br><b>Service to God:</b> <br>Serving God is a central theme throughout the Scriptures. It involves worship, obedience, and a commitment to His commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites are repeatedly called to serve the Lord alone, rejecting idolatry and false gods. <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> famously states, "But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."<br><br>The New Testament continues this theme, emphasizing service to God through faith in Jesus Christ. <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a> urges believers, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God&#8217;s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."<br><br><b>Service to Others:</b> <br>The Bible also highlights the importance of serving others as an expression of love and obedience to God. Jesus Christ exemplified this through His life and teachings. In <a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a> , Jesus declares, "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."<br><br>Believers are called to follow Christ's example by serving one another in love. <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a> instructs, "For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love."<br><br><b>Servitude and Slavery:</b> <br>The Bible addresses servitude and slavery, which were common in ancient cultures. While the Scriptures regulate and provide guidelines for these practices, they also lay the groundwork for the principles of equality and freedom found in Christ. In the New Testament, the spiritual equality of all believers is emphasized, as seen in <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a> : "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."<br><br><b>Spiritual Service:</b> <br>Service in the Christian life is not limited to physical acts but includes spiritual service, such as prayer, teaching, and the exercise of spiritual gifts. <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">1 Peter 4:10</a> encourages believers, "As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another."<br><br><b>Eternal Perspective:</b> <br>The Bible teaches that service to God and others has eternal significance. <a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23-24</a> reminds believers, "Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>The concept of serving in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing worship, obedience, and love. It is a call to live a life dedicated to God and others, reflecting the character of Christ in all aspects of life.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To be suitor to; to profess love to.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.<p>6. (<I>v. t.</I>) To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.<p>10. (<I>v. t.</I>) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.<p>11. (<I>v. t.</I>) To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.<p>12. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subpoena.<p>13. (<I>v. t.</I>) To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.<p>14. (<I>v. t.</I>) To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.<p>15. (<I>v. t.</I>) To lead off in delivering (the ball).<p>16. (<I>v. t.</I>) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.<p>17. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.<p>18. (<I>v. i.</I>) To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.<p>19. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.<p>20. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.<p>21. (<I>v. i.</I>) To lead off in delivering the ball.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1247.htm"><span class="l">1247. diakoneo -- to <b>serve</b>, minister</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>serve</b>, minister. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diakoneo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dee-ak-on-eh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I wait at table, <b>serve</b> Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1247.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/5256.htm"><span class="l">5256. hupereteo -- to <b>serve</b> as a rower, to minister to, <b>serve</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>serve</b> as a rower, to minister to, <b>serve</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> hupereteo Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ay-ret-eh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I minister <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5256.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3000.htm"><span class="l">3000. latreuo -- to <b>serve</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>serve</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: latreuo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (lat-ryoo&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>serve</b>, worship Definition: I <b>serve</b>, especially <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3000.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1398.htm"><span class="l">1398. douleuo -- to be a slave, to <b>serve</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to be a slave, to <b>serve</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: douleuo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (dool-yoo&#39;-o) Short Definition: I am a slave, am subject to, obey <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1398.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4754.htm"><span class="l">4754. strateuo -- to make war, hence to <b>serve</b> as a soldier</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to make war, hence to <b>serve</b> as a soldier. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> strateuo Phonetic Spelling: (strat-yoo&#39;-om-ahee) Short Definition: I wage war <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4754.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2323.htm"><span class="l">2323. therapeuo -- to <b>serve</b>, cure</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>serve</b>, cure. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: therapeuo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ther-ap-yoo&#39;-o) Short Definition: I care for, attend, <b>serve</b>, heal Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2323.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/3008.htm"><span class="l">3008. leitourgeo -- to <b>serve</b> the state, ie by anal. to perform <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> leitourgeo. 3009 . to <b>serve</b> the state, ie by anal. <b>...</b> Thus it carries out His plan<br> for . Word Origin from leitourgos Definition to <b>serve</b> the state, ie by anal. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3008.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5502.htm"><span class="l">5502. Cheroubin -- Cherubim, heavenly beings who <b>serve</b> God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cherubim, heavenly beings who <b>serve</b> God. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable<br> Transliteration: Cheroubin Phonetic Spelling: (kher-oo-beem&#39;) Short Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5502.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4332.htm"><span class="l">4332. prosedreuo -- wait on, <b>serve</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> wait on, <b>serve</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosedreuo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (pros-ed-ryoo&#39;-o) Short Definition: I wait upon, minister to Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4332.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3908.htm"><span class="l">3908. paratithemi -- to place beside, to set before</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to set before. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paratithemi Phonetic Spelling:<br> (par-at-ith&#39;-ay-mee) Short Definition: I set before, <b>serve</b>, entrust to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3908.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6399.htm"><span class="l">6399. pelach -- to pay reverence to, <b>serve</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6398, 6399. pelach. 6400 . to pay reverence to, <b>serve</b>. Transliteration:<br> pelach Phonetic Spelling: (pel-akh&#39;) Short Definition: <b>serve</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6399.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm"><span class="l">5647. abad -- to work, <b>serve</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5646, 5647. abad. 5648 . to work, <b>serve</b>. Transliteration: abad Phonetic Spelling:<br> (aw-bad&#39;) Short Definition: <b>serve</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5647.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm"><span class="l">8334. sharath -- to minister, <b>serve</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> sharath. 8335 . to minister, <b>serve</b>. Transliteration: sharath Phonetic Spelling:<br> (shaw-rath&#39;) Short Definition: minister. <b>...</b> minister unto, <b>serve</b>, wait on. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8334.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6059.htm"><span class="l">6059. anaq -- to <b>serve</b> as a necklace</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6058, 6059. anaq. 6060 . to <b>serve</b> as a necklace. Transliteration: anaq<br> Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nak&#39;) Short Definition: liberally. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6059.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6633.htm"><span class="l">6633. tsaba -- to wage war, <b>serve</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6632b, 6633. tsaba. 6634 . to wage war, <b>serve</b>. Transliteration: tsaba Phonetic<br> Spelling: (tsaw-baw&#39;) Short Definition: war. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6633.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3547.htm"><span class="l">3547. kahan -- to act as a priest</span></a><br><b>...</b> on their priesthood (1), decks (1), minister as a priest (1), minister as priest<br> (3), minister as priests (6), ministered as priest (1), priest (1), <b>serve</b> as a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3547.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm"><span class="l">5975. amad -- to take one&#39;s stand, stand</span></a><br><b>...</b> remain (5), remained (4), remains (5), replaces* (1), represent (1), resist* (1),<br> restore (2), restored (2), retains (1), rise (2), rose (1), <b>serve</b> (1), served <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5975.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1580.htm"><span class="l">1580. gamal -- to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> bestow on, deal bountifully, do good, recompense, requite, reward, ripen,<br> <b>serve</b>,. A primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1580.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8120.htm"><span class="l">8120. shemash -- to minister</span></a><br><b>...</b> minister. (Aramaic) corresponding to the root of shemesh through the idea of activity<br> implied in day-light; to <b>serve</b> -- minister. see HEBREW shemesh. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8120.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm"><span class="l">6213. asah -- do, make</span></a><br><b>...</b> observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise,<br> prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, <b>serve</b>, set, shew, X <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6213.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_service/saved_to_serve.htm"><span class="l">Saved to <b>Serve</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> (Luke v:1-11.) Saved to <b>Serve</b>. There <b>...</b> organization. Their motto is, &quot;Saved to<br> <b>Serve</b>.&quot; Some seem to put the period in after the first word. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/saved to serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/drummond/the_greatest_thing_in_the_world_and_other_addresses/his_servants_shall_serve.htm"><span class="l">His Servants Shall <b>Serve</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> HIS SERVANTS SHALL <b>SERVE</b>. <b>...</b> Join Councils and Committees. Provide for the<br> poor, the sick, and the widow. So will you <b>serve</b> the City. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../his servants shall serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/76_inasmuch_then_you_say.htm"><span class="l">Inasmuch Then, You Say, as You <b>Serve</b> the Almighty God...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. 76 Inasmuch then, you say, as you <b>serve</b> the Almighty God? Inasmuch<br> then, you say, as you <b>serve</b> the Almighty God, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/76 inasmuch then you say.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_xxxviii_covenanting_to_serve.htm"><span class="l">Covenanting to <b>Serve</b> the Lord.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN XXXVIII. Covenanting to <b>serve</b> the Lord. 6.6.8.6 James Montgomery.<br> Covenanting to <b>serve</b> the Lord. Come, ye that fear the Lord,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn xxxviii covenanting to serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/93_the_world_does_serve.htm"><span class="l">The World Does <b>Serve</b> You</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE SECOND CENTURY 93 The world does <b>serve</b> you. The world does <b>serve</b> you,<br> not only as it is the place and receptacle of all your <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/93 the world does serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/78_the_heavens_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Heavens and the Earth <b>Serve</b> You</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE SECOND CENTURY 78 The Heavens and the Earth <b>serve</b> you. The Heavens<br> and the Earth <b>serve</b> you, not only in shewing unto you your <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/78 the heavens and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_16_ye_cannot_serve.htm"><span class="l">June 16. &quot;Ye Cannot <b>Serve</b> God and Mammon&quot; (Matt. vi. 24).</span></a> <br><b>...</b> JUNE 16. &quot;Ye cannot <b>serve</b> God and Mammon&quot; (Matt. vi. 24). &quot;Ye cannot<br> <b>serve</b> God and Mammon&quot; (Matthew 6:24). He does not say ye <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /june 16 ye cannot serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/13_could_the_seas_serve.htm"><span class="l">Could the Seas <b>Serve</b> You were You Alone More than Now they Do? Why <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE SECOND CENTURY 13 Could the seas <b>serve</b> you were you alone more than now they<br> do? <b>...</b> Could the seas <b>serve</b> you were you alone more than now they do? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/13 could the seas serve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/10_to_think_well_is.htm"><span class="l">To Think Well is to <b>Serve</b> God in the Interior Court: to have a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FIRST CENTURY 10 To think well is to <b>serve</b> God in the interior court:<br> To have a mind composed of Divine Thoughts. To think well <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/10 to think well is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/canon_xv_of_the_divers.htm"><span class="l">Of the Divers Orders who <b>Serve</b> the Church, that if any one Fall <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon XV. Of the divers orders who <b>serve</b><br> the Church, that if any one fall into a? Of the divers <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xv of the divers.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/serve.htm"><span class="l"><b>Serve</b> (407 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> vt) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon<br> at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to <b>serve</b> customers in a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/serve.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mammon.htm"><span class="l">Mammon (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The steward tried to <b>serve</b> two masters, his lord and his lord's creditors,<br> but the thing could not be done, as the sequel shows. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mammon.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zebul.htm"><span class="l">Zebul (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of Abimelech. This verse is a little difficult, but if we read &quot;served&quot;<br> for &quot;<b>serve</b> ye,&quot; it becomes fairly clear in meaning. With <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zebul.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/despise.htm"><span class="l">Despise (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 6:24 &quot;No one can <b>serve</b> two masters, for either he will hate the one and<br> love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/despise.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/masters.htm"><span class="l">Masters (59 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 6:24 &quot;No one can <b>serve</b> two masters, for either he will hate the one and<br> love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/masters.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/either.htm"><span class="l">Either (152 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 6:24 &quot;No one can <b>serve</b> two masters, for either he will hate the one and<br> love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/either.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/devoted.htm"><span class="l">Devoted (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 6:24 &quot;No one can <b>serve</b> two masters, for either he will hate the one and<br> love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/devoted.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/servitude.htm"><span class="l">Servitude (21 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude<br> of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will <b>serve</b> thee <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/servitude.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/snare.htm"><span class="l">Snare (69 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 9:43 And if thy hand <b>serve</b> as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for<br> thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/snare.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/compel.htm"><span class="l">Compel (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The same word rendered &quot;force,&quot; as the adulteress by flattering words her victim<br> (Proverbs 7:21); (3) 'adhadh, &quot;to <b>serve</b>&quot;: not to compel him to <b>serve</b> as a bond <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/compel.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/serve-God.html">Why should I want to serve God? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/as-for-me-and-my-house.html">What does &#8220;as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord&#8221; mean in Joshua 24:15? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/you-cannot-serve-two-masters.html">What does it mean that you cannot serve two masters in Matthew 6:24? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/serve.htm">Serve: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Serve (407 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm">Matthew 4:10</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to him, " Get behind me, Satan! For it is written,'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him only.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />"No one can <span class="boldtext">serve</span> two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a></span><br />even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-44.htm">Matthew 25:44</a></span><br />"Then will they also answer, "'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> Thee?'<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-6.htm">Mark 8:6</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">serve</span>, and they served the multitude.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-7.htm">Mark 8:7</a></span><br />They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> these also.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a></span><br />And if thy hand <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-45.htm">Mark 9:45</a></span><br />And if thy foot <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Mark 9:47</a></span><br />And if thine eye <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a></span><br />For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-74.htm">Luke 1:74</a></span><br />to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him without fear,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-75.htm">Luke 1:75</a></span><br />To <span class="boldtext">serve</span> Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-8.htm">Luke 4:8</a></span><br />Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written,'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him only.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-40.htm">Luke 10:40</a></span><br />But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> alone? Ask her therefore to help me."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-37.htm">Luke 12:37</a></span><br />Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and <span class="boldtext">serve</span> them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-42.htm">Luke 12:42</a></span><br />"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> out their rations at the proper times?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/15-29.htm">Luke 15:29</a></span><br />But he answered his father,'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13</a></span><br />No servant can <span class="boldtext">serve</span> two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-8.htm">Luke 17:8</a></span><br />and will not rather tell him,'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and <span class="boldtext">serve</span> me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-26.htm">Luke 22:26</a></span><br />But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-26.htm">John 12:26</a></span><br />If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm">Acts 6:2</a></span><br />The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and <span class="boldtext">serve</span> tables.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6</a></span><br />And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to <span class="boldtext">serve</span>, and shall do it evil four hundred years,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-7.htm">Acts 7:7</a></span><br />'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God,'and after that will they come out, and <span class="boldtext">serve</span> me in this place.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Acts 7:42</a></span><br />But God turned, and gave them up to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets,'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Acts 24:14</a></span><br />But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/24-23.htm">Acts 24:23</a></span><br />He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him or to visit him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-7.htm">Acts 26:7</a></span><br />to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-16.htm">Acts 26:16</a></span><br />But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-23.htm">Acts 27:23</a></span><br />For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I <span class="boldtext">serve</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Romans 1:9</a></span><br />For God is my witness, whom I <span class="boldtext">serve</span> in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a></span><br />who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a></span><br />Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not <span class="boldtext">serve</span> sin.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Romans 7:6</a></span><br />But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we <span class="boldtext">serve</span> in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/7-25.htm">Romans 7:25</a></span><br />I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself <span class="boldtext">serve</span> God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/9-12.htm">Romans 9:12</a></span><br />it was said to her, "The elder will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the younger."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/12-7.htm">Romans 12:7</a></span><br />or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/12-11.htm">Romans 12:11</a></span><br />in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving; <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm">Romans 15:25</a></span><br />But at present I am going to Jerusalem to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> God's people,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Romans 15:27</a></span><br />Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> them in fleshly things.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a></span><br />For those who are such don't <span class="boldtext">serve</span> our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent. things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm">1 Corinthians 9:7</a></span><br />What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a></span><br />Don't you know that those who <span class="boldtext">serve</span> around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-15.htm">1 Corinthians 16:15</a></span><br />Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the saints),<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6</a></span><br />It is He also who has made us competent to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">2 Corinthians 5:18</a></span><br />And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> in the ministry of reconciliation.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-8.htm">2 Corinthians 11:8</a></span><br />I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might <span class="boldtext">serve</span> you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/13-4.htm">2 Corinthians 13:4</a></span><br />For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a></span><br />For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love <span class="boldtext">serve</span> one another.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/6-8.htm">Galatians 6:8</a></span><br />He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/3-7.htm">Ephesians 3:7</a></span><br />in which I have been appointed to <span class="boldtext">serve</span>, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/2-22.htm">Philippians 2:22</a></span><br />But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/1-23.htm">Colossians 1:23</a></span><br />if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to <span class="boldtext">serve</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/1-25.htm">Colossians 1:25</a></span><br />I have been appointed to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/3-24.htm">Colossians 3:24</a></span><br />knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the Lord Christ. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a></span><br />For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> a living and true God,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-10.htm">1 Timothy 3:10</a></span><br />Let them also first be tested; then let them <span class="boldtext">serve</span> if they are blameless. <br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm">1 Timothy 3:13</a></span><br />For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/6-2.htm">1 Timothy 6:2</a></span><br />Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them <span class="boldtext">serve</span> them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">2 Timothy 1:3</a></span><br />I thank God, whom I <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-13.htm">Philemon 1:13</a></span><br />whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might <span class="boldtext">serve</span> me in my chains for the Good News.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Hebrews 1:14</a></span><br />Are not all angels spirits that <span class="boldtext">serve</span> Him--whom He sends out to render service for the benefit of those who, before long, will inherit salvation?<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Hebrews 6:10</a></span><br />For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />who <span class="boldtext">serve</span> a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the living God?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Hebrews 12:28</a></span><br />Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we <span class="boldtext">serve</span> God acceptably, with reverence and awe,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the holy tabernacle have no right to eat. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14</a></span><br />But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as a bait.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">1 Peter 4:10</a></span><br />Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2</a></span><br />Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/1-6.htm">Revelation 1:6</a></span><br />and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/5-10.htm">Revelation 5:10</a></span><br />and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/7-15.htm">Revelation 7:15</a></span><br />Therefore they are before the throne of God, they <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a></span><br />Then a reed was given me to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> as a measuring rod; and a voice said, "Rise, and measure God's sanctuary--and the altar--and count the worshipers who are in it.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a></span><br />There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants <span class="boldtext">serve</span> him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14</a></span><br />God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5</a></span><br />and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the ground,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Genesis 2:15</a></span><br />And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> it, and to keep it.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23</a></span><br />Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the ground from which he hath been taken; <br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/6-21.htm">Genesis 6:21</a></span><br />Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a></span><br />He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> them. They will afflict them four hundred years.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14</a></span><br />I will also judge that nation, whom they will <span class="boldtext">serve</span>. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a></span><br />Yahweh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> the younger."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/27-29.htm">Genesis 27:29</a></span><br />Let peoples <span class="boldtext">serve</span> you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/27-40.htm">Genesis 27:40</a></span><br />By your sword will you live, and you will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/29-15.htm">Genesis 29:15</a></span><br />Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore <span class="boldtext">serve</span> me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/29-18.htm">Genesis 29:18</a></span><br />Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/29-25.htm">Genesis 29:25</a></span><br />It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I <span class="boldtext">serve</span> with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/29-27.htm">Genesis 29:27</a></span><br />Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will <span class="boldtext">serve</span> with me yet seven other years."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-44.htm">Genesis 31:44</a></span><br />Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/43-31.htm">Genesis 43:31</a></span><br />He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "<span class="boldtext">Serve</span> the meal."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13</a></span><br />The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel <span class="boldtext">serve</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a></span><br />and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them <span class="boldtext">serve</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Exodus 1:16</a></span><br />and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/3-12.htm">Exodus 3:12</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">serve</span> God on this mountain."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/4-23.htm">Exodus 4:23</a></span><br />and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may <span class="boldtext">serve</span> me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-18.htm">Exodus 5:18</a></span><br />and now, go, <span class="boldtext">serve</span>; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/6-5.htm">Exodus 6:5</a></span><br />And I have heard also the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have forced to <span class="boldtext">serve</span>, and I have remembered my covenant.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><a href="/concordance/s/serve2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/serve.htm">Serve</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/serve_others.htm">Serve Others</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a 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