Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.
1 Corinthians 16:16
that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.
Genesis 16:9
Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit yourself under {her authority}."
Exodus 32:31
And Moses returned to Yahweh, and he said, "Alas, this people has sinned a great sin and made for themselves gods of gold.
1 Samuel 8:19
However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel and they said, "No, but there must be a king over us,
1 Samuel 15:19-20
Why did you not listen to the voice of Yahweh and fall with shouting on the plunder? You have done evil in the sight of Yahweh!"
Proverbs 5:13
and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!
Isaiah 62:6
I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen to it, my inner self will weep in secret places, because of {the presence of} [your] pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt [in] tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
"Son of man, I have appointed you [as] a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.
Ezekiel 33:2
"Son of man, speak to {your people}, and you must say to them, 'A land, if I bring over it a sword and the people of the land take a man, one from their number, and they appoint him for them as a watchman,
Ezekiel 33:7-9
"And you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; if you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.
Luke 16:2
And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'
Acts 20:24-26
But I consider [my] life [as] worth {nothing} to myself, in order to finish my mission and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify [to] the gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 14:12
So each one of us will give an account concerning himself.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.
2 Corinthians 5:10-11
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the [things] through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Ephesians 5:21
being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ
Philippians 1:4
always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,
Philippians 2:12
Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:16
holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Philippians 2:29
Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such [people] highly honored,
Philippians 3:18
For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Philippians 4:1
So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For who [is] our hope or joy or crown of boasting? [Is it] not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 3:9-10
For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,
2 Thessalonians 3:14
But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note not to associate with him, in order that he may be put to shame.
Hebrews 13:24
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.
James 4:7
Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:2-3
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,
1 Peter 5:5
In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all [of you] clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.