Occurrences
Douleúō occurs 25 times in 23 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (2), John (1), Acts (2), Romans (7), Galatians (4), Ephesians (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1)
- Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve (δουλεύειν) two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve (δουλεύειν) God and mammon.
- Luke 15:29 — And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve (δουλεύω) thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
- Luke 16:13 — No servant can serve (δουλεύειν) two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Luke 16:13 — No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve (δουλεύειν) God and mammon.
- John 8:33 — They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage (δεδουλεύκαμεν) to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- Acts 7:7 — And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage (δουλευσωσιν) will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
- Acts 20:19 — Serving (δουλεύων) the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Romans 6:6 — Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve (δουλεύειν) sin.
- Romans 7:6 — But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve (δουλεύειν) in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
- Romans 7:25 — I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve (δουλεύω) the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
- Romans 9:12 — It was said unto her, The elder shall serve (δουλεύσει) the younger.
- Romans 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving (δουλεύοντες) the Lord;
- Romans 14:18 — For he that in these things serveth (δουλεύων) Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
- Romans 16:18 — For they that are such serve (δουλεύουσιν) not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
- Galatians 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service (ἐδουλεύσατε) unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Galatians 4:9 — But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage (δουλεύειν)?
- Galatians 4:25 — For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage (δουλεύει) with her children.
- Galatians 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve (δουλεύετε) one another.
- Ephesians 6:7 — With good will doing service (δουλεύοντες), as to the Lord, and not to men:
- Philippians 2:22 — But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served (ἐδούλευσεν) with me in the gospel.
- Colossians 3:24 — Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve (δουλεύετε) the Lord Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 — For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve (δουλεύειν) the living and true God;
- 1 Timothy 6:2 — And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service (δουλευέτωσαν), because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving (δουλεύοντες) divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.