18 Bible Verses about Examples of Leadership

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.

Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.

You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;

And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.

Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.

Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?

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;

And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.