30 Bible Verses about Bad Leadership

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

Happy are thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy rulers feast in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.

At the end of every three years thou shall bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within thy gates. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied, that LORD thy God may bless thee in al

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the poor and needy.

Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise LORD who seek after him. Let your heart live forever.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man. Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,

I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate. For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.

Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.

But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.