Careful Words

servant (n.)

servant (adj.)

  Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?

Old Testament: 2 Kings viii. 13.

Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought

The better fight.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book vi. Line 29.

  The borrower is servant to the lender.

Old Testament: Proverbs xxii. 7.

A servant with this clause

Makes drudgery divine;

Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws

Makes that and th' action fine.

George Herbert (1593-1632): The Elixir.