21 Bible Verses about Being A Leader

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Where there is no guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is victory.

It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts,
For a throne is established on righteousness.

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.

Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

If a king judges the poor with truth,
His throne will be established forever.

The king gives stability to the land by justice,
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.read more.
If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? But earnestly desire the greater gifts.And I show you a still more excellent way.

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.read more.
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.