The best Bible verses for service (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for service (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king."Daniel 1:19
"And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king."Daniel 1:19
"All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze."Exodus 27:19
"You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives.”"Exodus 30:16
"And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments."Exodus 35:21
"Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt."Genesis 41:46
"And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel."Genesis 50:2
"If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come."Job 14:14
"“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."Revelation 2:19
"When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”"Exodus 14:5
"The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”"Joshua 18:7
"Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out."1 Chronicles 9:28
"And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.”"1 Chronicles 23:26
"Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the LORD."1 Chronicles 23:32
"Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king."1 Chronicles 26:30
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for service (ESV) are Daniel 1:19, Exodus 27:19, Exodus 30:16. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to service (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for service (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.