31 Bible Verses about Leadership Qualities

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.