21 Bible Verses about Being A Leader

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

He has to become greater while I become less.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ. For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit. For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.read more.
If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body. And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same. If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him. And if they were all one part, where would the body be? But now they are all different parts, but one body. And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary; And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect; But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it; So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another. And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad. Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it. And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues. Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders? Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense? But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith. For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use, So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;read more.
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith; Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it; He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.