17 Bible Verses about Examples of Leadership

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you done?"

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?

It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;

For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.

This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the LORD."

you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.

casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight."

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in."

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

"See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.

So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

"Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."

And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

"Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests--Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

"See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him.

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?"

But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"

Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?"

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."

And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"