31 Bible Verses about Leadership Qualities
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Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.
So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.
But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the Devil’s trap.
An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”
one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.
The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
The God of my salvation is exalted.
Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit, so the king planned to set him over the whole realm.
But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,
one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate, and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel 40 years.
if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth
and your princes feast in the morning.
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.
and Zadok, a young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before Him.”
Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.
“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.
So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.
“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”God, save me by Your name,
and vindicate me by Your might!
Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
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