25 Bible Verses about Leaders

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather together thy children, in the manner in which a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but ye were not willing!

And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

Then when the high priest and officers saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him, crucify Him. Pilate says to them, You take Him, and crucify Him: for I find nothing criminal in Him.

Likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, continued to say,

And the chief priests persuaded the multitude that he should rather release unto them Barabbas.

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

who also rendered us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit creates life.

unto which I have been placed a herald, and an apostle, and teacher:

For, unto this the gospel was also preached to the dead, in order that they may indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things concerning the Lord Jesus, with all boldness, uninterruptedly.

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In those days comes John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the eternal gospel to preach to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

However there were indeed false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, whosoever shall bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

If any one teaches another doctrine, and does not give heed to the sound words which belonged to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been cauterized as to their own conscience,

wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.

For the time will come when they will not endure healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers itching as to their hearing;

And he sent his servants to invite those who had been called to the marriage: and they were not willing to come.

being grieved because they were teaching the people and preaching the resurrection of the dead through Jesus;

and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,

Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him.

and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all.

and because they were of the same craft, abode with them, and they labored: for they were tentmakers by trade.

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil: night and day working, that we should burden no one of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

you yourselves know, that these hands did minister to my necessities, and those along with me.

neither did we eat bread with any one gratuitously, but with labor and toil, night and day working, that we might not burden any one of you:

And he spent a whole biennium in his own hired house, and received all those coming to him,

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What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and whatsoever you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

And going, preach, saying, That the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.

preach the word: be instant in season and out of season; convict, exhort, rebuke, with all longsuffering and teaching.

And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead; but thou having gone away proclaim the kingdom of God.

For the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

nor valise for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

So also the Lord has commanded those preaching the gospel to live of the gospel.

But let the one who is taught the word communicate to the one teaching in all good things.

Moreover you did beautifully, communicating with my tribulation.

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas, and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manahem, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And during those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

But let two or three prophets speak, and let the others give audience;

teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the age.

Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,

But let those that have faithful masters not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather let them serve them, because they are the faithful and beloved who are partaking of the benefaction. Command these things and exhort them.

Command and teach these things.

in meekness correcting the adversaries; if peradventure God may grant unto them repentance into the perfect knowledge of the truth,

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

unto the latter a savour from death unto death; but unto the former a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

and into the second comes the high priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and the errors of the people;

Likewise Christ also did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but the one having spoken to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee:

And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus sitting at the toll, and says to him, Follow me. And rising up, he followed Him.

Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.

And when it was day, He called His disciples to Him: and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles;

On the following day he wished to depart into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him; Follow me.

Taking Jesus they led Him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the chief priests and elders were assembled together.

Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

And the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him, while teaching, He having come into the temple, saying, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?

And immediately early in the morning the high priests having made counsel with the elders and scribes, and all the sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

as the high priest also, and all the eldership, witnessed me: from whom having also received letters from the brethren in Damascus, I was on my way, being about to lead them also hither into Jerusalem bound, that they might be punished.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

I testify before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you must guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

I charge you before God, who creates life in all things, and Jesus Christ, who witnessed a beautiful testimony before Pontius Pilate,

In the presence of God, and Jesus Christ, the one about to judge the living and the dead, I testify to, both his appearing and his kingdom;

And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, were abiding.

And these are the names of the apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John. Philip and Bartholomew,

And He placed the name Peter on Simon;

Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know),

in order that the word spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables: I will make known the things which have been hidden from the foundation.

And having called them, they command them, not at all to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. And Peter and John responding said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than God, judge ye; for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.

For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And Jesus sent out the twelve, commanding them, Go not in the way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans.

And John continued to forbid Him saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou unto me?

The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them:

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.

I say unto you, among those having been born of women no prophet is greater than John the Baptist; nevertheless the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied saying;

And he sent his servants to invite those who had been called to the marriage: and they were not willing to come.

You did not choose me, but I chose you, and placed you in your position, that you may go forth and bear fruit, and your fruit may abide: in order that He may give you whatsoever you may ask in my name.

And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong; and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,

in order that no flesh can boast in the sight of God.

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh.

And Peter rising up came along with them; whom, on arrival, they led to the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing him the chitoons and himations, so many as Dorcas made, while with them.

And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuzas the steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many other women, who were accustomed to minister unto Him from those things belonging to them.