1 Peter 5:3
Do not lord it over the people entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
Ezekiel 34:4
You haven't strengthened the weak, treated the sick, set broken bones, regathered the scattered, or looked for the lost. Instead, you've dominated them with brutal force and ruthlessness.
Philippians 3:17
Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have set for you.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
1 Timothy 4:12
Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity.
Titus 2:7
Always set an example for others by doing good actions. Teach with integrity and dignity.
2 Corinthians 1:24
It is not that we are trying to rule over your faith, but rather to work with you for your joy, because you have been standing firm in the faith.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.
Psalm 33:12
How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.
Psalm 74:2
Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.
Micah 7:14
Use your rod to shepherd your people, the flock that belongs to you, that lives alone in the forest of Carmel. Let them find pasture in Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.
Matthew 20:25-26
But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.
Matthew 23:8-10
"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.
Mark 10:42-45
Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.
Luke 22:24-27
Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
Acts 20:28
Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.
1 Corinthians 11:11
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man of woman.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not preach ourselves, but rather Jesus the Messiah as Lord, and ourselves as merely your servants for Jesus' sake.
Philippians 4:9
Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
for the gospel we brought did not come to you in words only, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. Indeed, you know what kind of people we proved to be while we were with you, acting on your behalf.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
3 John 1:9-10
I wrote a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, will not recognize our authority.