21 Bible Verses about Being A Leader

in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.

And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,

It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease.

Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

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!

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.

Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,

Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth.

But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.

The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

By justice the king establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts overthrows it.

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),

For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ. For also by one Spirit we are all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or freemen, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body also is not one part, but many.read more.
If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body. And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he intended. And if they were all one part, where would be the body? But now of course there are many body-parts, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Instead, much more the parts of the body that seem to be more feeble are necessary. And those things of the body presumed to be without esteem, we place around these more abundant worth. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety, whereas our presentable parts have no need. Instead, God united the body together, having given more abundant worth to the part that lacks, so that there would be no schisms in the body, but that the parts would have the same care for each other. And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together. Now ye are the body of Christ, and body-parts individually. And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But be zealous for the better gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith. For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function, so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one body-parts of each other.read more.
And having different gifts according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith; or service, in the service; or he who teaches, in the teaching; or he who exhorts, in the exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who leads, in diligence; he who does mercy, in cheerfulness.

having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,