Bible Verses

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(ESV version)

SERVE:

Proverbs 14:31:  Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Isaiah 1:17:  learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

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.” 

Matthew 25:35-40:  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, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’  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.’

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.

Luke 22:27:  For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

John 12:26:  If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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.

Ephesians 6:7:  rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

Hebrews 13:3:  Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

James 1:27:  Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

1 Peter 4:10:  As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

EVANGELIZE:

Matthew 11:5:  the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 18:14:  So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Matthew 24:14:  And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 28:19-20:  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Mark 16:15:  And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.”

Luke 19:10:  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Acts 8:35:  Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.

Romans 10:14-15:   How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

2 Tim. 4:5:  As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

     

EDUCATE:

Proverbs 23:12:  Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

Matthew 28:19-20:  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Acts 5:42:  And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.

Romans 15:14:  I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

Ephesians 6:4:  Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Colossians 3:16:  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 3:16-17:  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:2-3:   preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

Titus 1:9:  He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Titus 2:7-8:  Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.