30 Bible Verses about Bad Leadership

All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed it within thy gates; and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Be not afraid, for with thee I am, Look not around, for I am thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.'

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

'Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.