7 Bible Verses about Overseers

When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first.

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Therefore, take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, that you be shepherds to the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed. Act as shepherds to the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for the sake of sordid gain, but from readiness of mind: neither as being lords over God's possessions, but being examples to the flock.read more.
And when the chief shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory that fades not away.

This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop, then, must be blame less, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;read more.
one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity: for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God? Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

For you were like sheep that had gone astray; but now you have returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.