25 Bible Verses about Leaders

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify! crucify! Pilate saith to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him; for I find nothing criminal in him.

So also the chief priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.

Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

For to this end was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but might live according to God in the spirit.

proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without hindrance from any one.

and they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs which followed it.]

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an everlasting message of good tidings to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people;

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will stealthily bring in destructive factions, even denying the Lord that bought them; bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

If any one teacheth other doctrine, and assenteth not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience,

desiring to be teachers of the Law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own desires will they heap to themselves teachers; because they have itching ears;

and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.

being indignant that they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ.

And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture declared to him the glad tidings concerning Jesus.

And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ; he is Lord of all men.

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil, how laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.

neither did we eat any mans bread for nought, but were working with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.

And he abode two whole years in his own hired house and gladly received all that came in to him,

And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to the whole creation.

What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim ye upon the housetops.

And, as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season, confute, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching.

And he said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou and carry the tidings of the kingdom of God.

For the Scripture saith, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox while he is treading out the grain"; and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."

nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff. For the laborer is worthy of his living.

In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

Let him that is taught in the word share with the teacher in all good things.

Notwithstanding, ye did well in sharing with me in my distress.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my sheep.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

And of the prophets let two or three speak, and let the others judge;

teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have commanded you. And, lo! I am with you always, unto the end of the world.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they who receive the benefit are faithful and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

These things command and teach.

in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

to the latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing life. And who is sufficient for these things?

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

but into the second the highpriest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people;

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"

And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will cause you to become fishers of men.

and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went after him.

And when it was day, he called to him his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles;

On the morrow he determined to go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him, Follow me.

And they who seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the highpriest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

as also the highpriest beareth me witness, and all the elderhood; from whom I received letters to the brethren, and was on my way to Damascus to bring those also that were there, bound, to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

I charge thee before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing with partiality.

I charge thee before God, who giveth life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who under Pontius Pilate testified the good profession,

I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom;

And when they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were making their abode, namely, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

and Simon he surnamed Peter;

When, therefore, ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that readeth understand,)

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation [of the world]."

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, when he had charged them, saying, Go not away to gentiles, and enter not any city of the Samaritans;

But John opposed him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and dost thou come to me?

He that is a hireling and not a shepherd, nor the owner of the sheep, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

And while we were staying some days longer, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus;

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel.

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong; and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

that no flesh might glory before God.

Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber; and all the widows came to him weeping, and showing the coats and cloaks which Dorcas made while she was with them.

and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others, who afforded them aid from their substance.