1 Peter 5:3
And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
Philippians 3:17
Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
Titus 2:7
showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
2 Corinthians 1:24
I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
Psalm 33:12
How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
Psalm 74:2
Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!
Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people with your shepherd's rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.
Matthew 20:25-26
But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
Matthew 23:8-10
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
Mark 10:42-45
Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
Luke 22:24-27
A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
Acts 20:28
Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
1 Corinthians 3:5
What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.
1 Corinthians 3:9
We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.
1 Corinthians 11:11
In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake.
Philippians 4:9
And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
3 John 1:9-10
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.