37 Bible Verses about Leaders
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Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
Remember them guiding you, who spake to you the word of God: of whom, observing narrowly the issue of the mode of life, imitate the faith:
Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine.
And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.
Give to yourselves men wise and known to your tribes, and I will set them for your heads.
Wo to the shepherds destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! says Jehovah.
And we ask you, brethren, to know those being fatigued among you, and set over you in the Lord, and reminding you;
For kings, and all them being in eminence; that we may lead a gentle and quiet life, in all devotion and gravity.
Let every soul be placed under the protecting powers. For there is no power except from God: and the powers being, were ordered by God.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the old men of Israel, whom thou knewest that they were old men of the people, and their scribes; and take them to the tent of appointment, and they shall stand there with thee.
But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant;
And Moses will choose men of ability from all Israel, and he will give them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, chiefs of ten.
And I will turn back thy judges as in the beginning, and thy counsellors as in the beginning: after this he shall call to thee, The city of justice, the faithful city.
And from them seeming to be something, (whatever they were, it concerns me nothing: God receives not man's face:) for they seeming entrusted nothing to me:
In the increasing of the just the people will rejoice: and in the ruling of the unjust one the people will groan.
And there will be those leading this people causing them to wander; and those being led being swallowed up.
In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.
Whether he beseeching, in supplication: he imparting, in simplicity; he placed before, in earnestness; he compassionating, in cheerfulness.
From Thematic Bible
Leaders » Garments of prophets » General references to
And they will rise early in the morning and go forth to the desert of Tekoa: and in their going forth Jehoshaphat stood, and he will say, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabiting Jerusalem; Believe in Jehovah your God and ye shall be firm; believe in his prophets and prosper.
Ye shall not touch upon my Messiah, and ye shall not do evil to my prophets.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to her; how often did I wish to gather thy children together, which manner a bird gathers together her young broods under the wings, and ye would not!
And it will be in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, and Obadiaha will take a hundred prophets, and hide fifty men in a cave, and he nourished them with bread and water.)
And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house.
Leaders » FALSE » Called seers
And Jehu son of Hanani the seer will go forth to his face, and say to king Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou love to help to the unjust, and to those hating Jehovah? and in this, wrath upon you from before Jehovah.
And those singing, sons of Asaph, upon their station according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the kings seer; and the porters at gate and gate; not for them to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
And the first and the last words of David the king, behold them written upon the words of Samuel the seer, and upon the words of Nathan the prophet, and upon the words of Gad the seer,
And David will rise in the morning, and the word of Jehovah was to Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,
And in that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and he will say to him, In thy relying upon the king of Aram, and thou didst not rely upon Jehovah thy God, for this the power of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.
Leaders » Dues of » Food of
Wherefore ate ye not the sin in the holy place? for it is holy of holies, and he gave it to you to lift up the iniquity of the assembly, and to expiate for them before Jehovah.
And Aaron shall eat and his sons, the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the of appointment
And Moses will speak to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons being left, Take ye the gift remaining from the sacrifices of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened by the altar: for it is holy of holies.
And the remainder from it Aaron and his sons shall eat: unleavened shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the enclosure of the tent of appointment they shall eat it
Every male among the priests shall eat it: in the holy place it shall be eaten: it is holy of holies.
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
When therefore the chief priests and attendants saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them, Take ye him, and crucify; for I find no fault in him.
And likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.
Her prophets vain-glorious men of treacheries: her priests defiled the holy place, they violated the law.
And the chief priests moved the crowd, that he would rather loose Barabbas to them.
Leaders » Heal persecution of » Divinely appointed
For this, having this service, as we were compassionated, we lose not courage;
Of which I Became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me according to the energy of his power
If indeed ye remain in the faith, founded and firmly fixed, and not moved aside from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I Paul was a servant;
Who rendered as fitting servants of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.
Leaders » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
For also for this was the good news announced to the dead, that truly they might be judged according to men in the flesh, and live according to God in the spirit.
Proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom of speech, unimpeded.
And they, having gone forth, proclaimed every where, the Lord performing together, and confirming the word by signs following. Amen.
In these days John the Baptist is present, proclaiming in the desert of Judea;
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the lasting good news to announce to them dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,
Leaders » Elders » Governmental
And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel; and worship from far off.
Come, and gather together the old men of Israel, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was seen to me, the God of Abraham, Isaak and Jacob, saying, Reviewing, I reviewed you and what was done to you in Egypt
And Moses will go, and Aaron, and they will gather together all the old men of the sons of Israel.
And Moses will go and will call to the old men of the people, and he will set before them all these words that Jehovah commanded him.
And Joshua will call to all Israel, to his old men and to his heads and to his judges and to his scribes, and he will say to them, I have become old; I came into days:
Leaders » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
And all the people of the land will go into the house of Baal, and lay it waste; his altars and his images they brake in pieces diligently, and Mattan, priest of Baal, they slew before the altars. And the priest will set overseers over the house of Jehovah.
And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
And be will call upon the altar in the word of Jehovah, and he will say, O altar, altar! thus said Jehovah, Behold, a son was born to the house of David, Josiah his name; and he sacrificed upon thee, the priests of the heights burning incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
And he will sacrifice all the priests of the heights which were there upon the altars, and he will burn the bones of man upon them, and he will turn back to Jerusalem.
And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » False teachers, warnings against
And also were there false prophets among the people, as also among you shall be false teachers, who shall privately bring in doctrines of perdition, and denying the master having purchased them, having brought upon themselves swift destruction.
If any teach otherwise, and come not up to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to devotion;
In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;
Wishing to be teachers of the law; neither understanding what they say, nor of certain things they are assured.
For the time will be when they will not hear sound doctrine; but according to their own eager desires they will heap up to themselves teachers, feeling itchings for a report;
Leaders » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come.
For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.
The hands of Zerubbabel founded this house, and his hands shall complete it; and thou knewest that Jehovah of armies sent me to you.
And Moses will say, By this shall ye know that Jehovah sent me to do all these works; for not from my heart
Draw ye near to me, hear this; I spake not in secret in the beginning; from the time of its being, there was I: and now the Lord Jehovah sent me, and his spirit
Leaders » Religious priests » Should be holy
And now arise, O Jehovah God, to thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength: thy priests, O Jehovah God, shall be clothed with salvation, and thy merciful ones shall rejoice in good.
They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.
For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.
Turn aside, turn aside, come ye forth from thence; ye shall not touch the unclean thing; come forth from the midst of her; be separated ye lifting up the vessels of Jehovah.
And also the priests drawing near to Jehovah, shall be consecrated, lest Jehovah shall break forth upon them.
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.
For from their little even to their great, every one plundering, plundered; and from the prophet and even to the priest every one did falsehood.
Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
For also the prophets, also the priests were polluted; also in my house I found their evil, says Jehovah.
Thy prophets saw for thee vanity and a foolish thing, and they uncovered not upon thine iniquity to turn back thy captivity; and they will see for thee burdens of falsehood and seductions.
Leaders » Preaching » Christ the theme of
Being exercised because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the rising up from the dead.
And Philip having come down to the city of Samaria, proclaimed Christ to them.
And Philip having opened his mouth, and begun from this writing, announced to him the good news, Jesus.
And quickly in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing good news, peace through Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all.)
Leaders » Support of » Self-support as practised by paul
And because being of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought: for they were by trade tentmakers.
For ye remember, brethren, our fatigue and toil: for also working night and day, not to overload any of you, we proclaimed to you the good news of God.
And ye yourselves know, that to my necessities, and to those being with me, these hands served.
Neither ate we the bread of any as a gift; but in fatigue and toil working night and day also, not to overload any of you:
And Paul remained two whole years in his own wages, and received all going to him,
Leaders » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
And after him was Shamgar, son of Anath; and he will smite the Philistines, six hundred men with an ox-goad; and he also will deliver Israel
About the time to-morrow I will send to thee a man from the land of Benjamin, and anoint him for leader over my people Israel; he shall save my people from the hand of Philisteim; for I saw my people, for their cry came to me.
For behold thee pregnant, and thou bearest a son; and a razor shall not come up upon his head, for the boy shall be consecrated to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of Philisteim.
And thou wilt give them into the hand of their adversaries, and they will press upon them: and in the time of their straits they will cry to thee, and thou wilt hear from the heavens; and according to thy many compassion thou wilt give to them saviours, and they will save them from the hand of their adversaries.
And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he will save them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother younger than he.
Leaders » Religious priests » General references to
And Joshua will say to the priests, saying, Lift up the ark of the covenant and pass through before the people. And they will lift up the ark of the covenant and will go before the people.
And Melchise-dek, king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine: and he is priest of the most high God.
And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.
And the priests will come to within the house of Jehovah to cleanse, and they will bring forth all the uncleanness which they found in the temple of Jehovah to the enclosure of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites will take to bring forth to the torrent Kidron without
And Jethro, priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, will hear all which God did to Moses and to Israel his people, for Jehovah brought forth Israel out of Egypt:
Leaders » Preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, Having gone into all the world proclaim the good news to all creation.
What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the houses.
And going, proclaim, saying, That the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
Proclaim the word; keep fixed seasonably, and unseasonably; refute, censure, beseech, in all longsnffering and teaching.
And Jesus said to him, Permit the dead to inter their own. dead; and thou, having gone, announce the kingdom of God.
Leaders » Religious priests » Laws in regard to
Wine and strong drink thou shalt not drink, thou and thy sons with thee, in your going in to the tent of appointment; and ye shall not die: a law forever to your generations.
And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.
And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them.
And the Tirshatha will say to them that they shall not eat from the holy of holies till a priest stood up for Lights and Truth.
And this the word thou shall do to them to consecrate them, to be priests to me: Take one bullock, the son of a cow, two complete rams,
Leaders » Support of » In the Christian church
For the writing says, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox grinding. And, The laborer worthy of his hire.
Nor wallet for the way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor rod: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Thus also the Lord appointed to them announcing good news to live of the good news.
Let him being taught the word participate with him teaching in all good things.
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
He says to him the third time, Simon of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved that he said the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.
And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.
And I raised up one shepherd over them, and he fed them, my servant David; he shall feed them and he shall be to them for shepherd.
And I set up shepherds over them, and they fed them; and they shall no more fear, and they shall not be terrified, and they shall not be reviewed, says Jehovah.
Leaders » FALSE » Prophets in the Christian church
And certain prophets and teachers were in the church being in Antioch; as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues.
And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers;
Leaders » Preaching » As teachers of the word
Teaching them to keep all things whatever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all the days, even to the end of time. Amen.
Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction;
And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech.
In meekness instructing them being in a contrary state; lest perhaps God may give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth;
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
And if the watchman shall see the sword coming, and he struck not upon the trumpet, and the people were not warned; and the sword shall come and take a soul from them, he was taken away in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from the watchman's hand.
And he will say to me, Son of man, eat what thou shalt find; eat this roll, and go speak to the house of Israel. And I shall open my mouth, and he will cause me to eat this roll. And he will say to me, Son of man, thou shalt cause thy belly to eat, and thou shalt fill thy bowels with this roll which I give to thee. And eating it, it will be in my mouth as honey for sweetness. read more.
And he will say to me, Son of man, go; come to the house of Israel and speak my word to them. For not to a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue; thou art sent to the house of Israel; Not to many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue which thou wilt not hear their words If to them I sent thee, they will hear to thee. And the house of Israel will not hear to thee; for they are not willing to hear to me: for all the house of Israel are strong of forehead, and they are hard of heart. Behold, I gave thy face strong over against their face, and thy forehead strong over against their forehead. As the diamond strong above the rock I gave thy forehead: thou shalt not fear them, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they are a house of contradiction. And he will say to me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak to thee take into thy heart, and with thine ears hear thou. And go, come to the captivity, to the sons of my people, and speak to them, and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah; if they will hear, and if they will desist And the spirit will lift me up, and I shall hear behind me a voice of a great shaking: Praised be the glory of Jehovah from his place. And the voice of the wings of the living creatures, kissing one to the other, and the voice of the wheels over against them, and the voice of a great shaking. And the spirit lifted me up, and it will take me and I shall go bitter, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. And I shall go to the captivity, the hill of the green ears, those dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are sitting there, I shall sit there seven days, being astonished in the midst of them. And it will be from the end of seven days, and the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, Son of man, I gave thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and hear thou the word from my mouth, and admonish them from me.
Truly to those an odor of death into death; and to those an odor of life into life. And who sufficient for these things?
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
Leaders » Dues of » High priests
And thou, bring thou Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for him to be a priest to me, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.
And he will cause me to see Joshua the great priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the adversary standing upon his right hand for his adversary.
And into the second the chief priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he brings near for himself, and the errors of the people:
So also Christ honoured not himself, to become chief priest; but he having spoken to him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
And the great priest from his brethren which the anointing oil shall be poured upon his head, and he filled his hand to put on the garments, his head he shall not uncover, and his garments he shall not rend.
Leaders » FALSE » Schools of
Children whom not any blemish in them, and good of aspect, and understanding in all wisdom, and knowing knowledge, and understanding intelligence, and to whom power in them to stand in the king's temple, and to teach them the writing and tongue of the chaldees
And they will teach in Judah, and with them the book of the law of Jehovah, and they will turn about in all the cities of Judah, and they will teach among the people.
And the sons of the prophets which were in Jericho will come near to Elisha and say to him, Knewest thou that this day Jehovah takes thy lord from above thy head? And he will say, I also knew; be silent
And Elisha turned back to Gilgal. And the famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets sitting before him: and he will say to his boy, Place the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
And the sons of the prophets will say to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell there before thee is narrow for us.
Leaders » Apostles » Call of to special work
And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him.
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men.
And quickly he called them: and having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hirelings; they went after him.
And when it was day, he called to his disciples: and having chosen twelve from them, and he named them, the sent;
The morrow Jesus wished to go forth to Galilee, and he finds Philip, and he says to him, Follow me.
Leaders » Elders » Jewish
And they having held Jesus, brought to Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and elders were gathered together.
Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
And to him, having come into the temple to him teaching, came the chief priests and elders of the people, saying, By what authority doest thou these? and who gave thee this authority?
And quickly the chief priests having made counsel with the more ancient and scribes and the whole council, having bound Jesus, led away, and delivered to Pilate.
As also the chief priest testifies of me, and all the council of elders: and whose letters to the brethren having received, I went to Damascus, going to bring there the bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
Leaders » Preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
I appointed those watching over thy walls, O Jerusalem: all the day and all the night continually they shall not be silent: ye remembering Jehovah, no stillness to you.
Son of man, I gave thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and hear thou the word from my mouth, and admonish them from me.
And I set up watchers over you, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet And they will say, We will not attend.
Leaders » FALSE » Incognito
And Jehovah will send forth a man, a prophet, to the sons of Israel, and he will say to them, Thus said Jehovah the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and I will bring you out of the house of servants;
And a man of God will come to Eli and say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Revealing myself, I was revealed to the house of thy father in their being in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.
And one prophet, an old man, dwelt in the house of God; and his sons will come and relate to him all the work which the man of God did that day in the house of God: the words which he spake to the king, and they will relate them to their father.
And a man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to his neighbor in the word of Jehovah, Strike me now. And the man refused to strike him.
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Paul to timothy
I call to witness before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that thou watch these things without preference, doing nothing by bending.
I beseech thee before God, making all things alive, and Christ Jesus, he having witnessed to Pontius Pilate the good confession;
I call to witness before God there fore, and the Lord Jesus Christ, being about to judge the living and the dead according to his appearance and his kingdom;
Leaders » Apostles » Names of
And when they came in, they went up into an upper room, where were remaining also Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas of James.
And the names of the twelve sent are these: first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, he of Zebedee and John his brother;
Simon, (and he named him Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » The incorruptibility of, in refusing gifts
And the man of God will say to the king, If thou wilt give to me half thy house I will not go with thee, and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water in this place:
At that time Daniel answered and said before the king, Thy gifts to be to thyself, and give thy presents to another; but I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
And he will turn back to the man of God, he and all his camp; and he will come and stand before him, and say, Behold now, I knew that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel: and now take now a blessing from thy servant And he will say, Jehovah lives whom I stood before him if I will take. And he will press upon him to take, and he will refuse.
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Moses to joshua
And he will command Joshua the son of Nun, and will say, Be strong and active: for thou shalt bring in the sons of Israel to the land which I sware to them, and I will be with thee.
And he will place his hands upon him and command him as . Jehovah spake by the hand of Moses.
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo! to the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves: shall not the shepherds feed the sheep? Ye will eat the fat, and ye will put on the wool, ye will sacrifice the fatlings: ye will not feed the sheep.
Wo! to the empty shepherd forsaking the sheep; the sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye: and his arm being dried up, shall be dried up, and his right eye being dim, shall be dim.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.
The vision of Obadiah. Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom: We heard a report from Jehovah, a messenger was sent among the nations; arise ye, and we will rise up against her for war.
He turned back the bound of Is reel from the entrance of Hamath, even to the sea of the sterile region, according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai the prophet, which was of the winepress of the pit.
Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.
Turn back, O Israel, even to Jehovah thy God, for thou wert weak in thine iniquity.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Iddo
And the rest of the words of Abijah, and his ways, and his words, being written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Shemaiah
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and the chiefs of Judah who were gathered together to Jerusalem from the face of Shishak, and he will say to them, Thus said Jehovah, Ye forsook me, and I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » moses
And there arose not any more a prophet in Israel as Moses, whom Jehovah knew him face to face.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Obed
And a prophet to Jehovah was there, Oded his name: and he will go forth before the army coming to Shomeron, and say to them, Behold, in the anger of Jehovah the God of your fathers upon Judah he gave them into your hand, and ye will slay among them in wrath reaching even to the heavens
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Jehoshaphat to leaders of judah
And he will command upon them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, with faithfulness and with the whole heart.
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity. Come ye, I will take wine, and we will drink strong drink to excess; and the morrow being as this day, the remainder great exceedingly.
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King david
And David will say to Saul, Who am I? and who was my father's family in Isarel that I shall be son-in-law to the king?
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Hananiah
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Lead the sheep astray
My people were lost sheep: their shepherds caused them to wander, they turned them away in the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their place to lie down.
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
For this, thus said Jehovah God of Israel, against the shepherds feeding my people: Ye scattered my flock and ye will thrust them away, and ye reviewed them not: behold me reviewing over you the evil of your doings, says Jehovah.
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Micaiah before king ahab
And Micaiah will say, Jehovah lives, for what Jehovah shall say to me I will speak it.
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Nathan before king david
And Nathan will say to David, Thou the man. Thus said Jehovah the God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul;
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elijah before king ahab
And Ahab will say to Elijah, Didst thou find me, O mine enemy? And he will say I found: because thou didst sell thyself to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah,
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
In the eighth month, in the second year to Darius, was the word of Jehovah to Zechariah son of Barachiah, son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Ahijah
And it will be in that time, and Jeroboam went forth from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite will find him going in the way; and he being covered with a new garment; and they two alone in the field.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Joshua
In his days Hiel of the house of God, built Jericho: in Abiram his first born he will found it, and in Segub his younger he set up its gates, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Elijah
And it will be in the going up of the gift, and Elijah the prophet will draw near and say, Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, this day it shall be known that thou art God in Israel, and I thy servant, and by thy words I did all these words.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Elisha
And Jehu, son of Nimshi, shalt thou anoint for king over Israel: and Elisha son of Shaphat, from Abel-Me-holah, It thou anoint for prophet in thy stead.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » samuel
And all Israel knew from Dan to the Well of the Oath, that Samuel was faithful for a prophet to Jehovah.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Daniel
Therefore, when ye see the abomination of devastation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him reading, understand:)
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » David
So that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up; saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things having been hid from the foundation of the world.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Eldad
And two men remained in the camp, the name of the one Eldad, and the name of the second, Medad: and the spirit will encamp upon them; and they among those being written, and they will not go forth to the tent, and they will prophesy in the camp.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Medad
And two men remained in the camp, the name of the one Eldad, and the name of the second, Medad: and the spirit will encamp upon them; and they among those being written, and they will not go forth to the tent, and they will prophesy in the camp.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Gad
And the prophet Gad will say to David, Thou shalt not dwell in the fortress; go, and come in for thyself to the land of Judah. And David will go and come to the thicket of Hareth.
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King saul
And Saul will answer and say, Am not I a son of the Jaminite, from the littleness of the tribes of Israel, and my family small more than all the families of the tribes of Benjamin and wherefore spakest thou to me according to this word?
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » Jeremiah
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
And having called them, they enjoined them universally not to utter neither to teach in the name of Jesus. And Peter and John having answered to them, said, If it is just before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye. For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » John the baptist before herod
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elisha before king jehoram
And Elisha will say, Jehovah of armies lives whom I stand before him, for unless I accept the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, if I will look to thee and if I will, see thee
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Jeremiah
Before I shall form thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou shalt go forth from the womb I consecrated thee; I gave thee a prophet to the nations.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Micaiah
And the king of Israel will say to Jehoshaphat, Yet one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I hated him, for he will not prophesy good concerning me, but evil, Micaiah, son of Imlah And Jehoshaphat will say, The king shall not say thus.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Abraham
And now turn back to the man the woman; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and do thou live: and if thou turn her not back, know that dying, thou shalt die, thou and all which are to thee.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Isaiah
And he will send Eliakim who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the old men of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Nathan
And the king will say to Nathan the prophet, See now, me dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwelling in midst of the curtains.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » balaam
And he will send messengers to Balaam, son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call to him, saying, Behold, a people came forth out of Egypt: behold, it covered the eye of the earth, and it dwelt from before me.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Jehu
And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of Jehovah was against Baasha and against his house, and for all the evil which he did in the eyes of Jehovah to irritate him in the work of his hands to be as the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Christ to the disciples
These twelve Jesus sent, having announced to them, saying, Go not in the way of the nations, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » John the baptist
And John hindered him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me?
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » moses
And Moses will say to God, Who am I that I shall go to Pharaoh, and that I shall bring forth the sons of Israel, out of Egypt?
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » King solomon
And now, Jehovah my God, thou madest thy servant king instead of David my father and I a little boy, shall not know to go out and come in.
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Daniel before king belshazzar
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, didst not humble thy heart because that thou knewest all this;
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Ezekiel
The word of Jehovah being, was to Jehezhel, son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldean by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah will be there upon him.
Leaders » Solemn charges given » David to solomon
And the days of David will draw near to die; and he will command Solomon his son, saying,
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » gideon
And he will say to him, With leave, my Lord, by what shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand destitute in Manasseh, and I the least in my father's house.
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Hirelings forsake the sheep
But the hired one, and not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and he leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf plunders them, and scatters the sheep.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Aaron
And Jehovah will say to Moses, See, I gave thee a God to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Agabus
And we remaining many days, a certain prophet came down from Judea, by name Agabus.
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Paul to the ephesian elders
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Leaders » Humility, Examples Of » Isaiah
And saying, Wo to me! for I was cut off; because I a man of unclean lips, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell: for mine eyes saw the king, Jehovah of armies.
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Stephen before the council
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » John the baptist
For I say to you, Among the begotten of women none is a greater prophet than John the Immerser; and the less in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Zacharias
And Zacharias his father, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
Men of God » Leaders » Sent as divine messengers
And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come.
For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.
The hands of Zerubbabel founded this house, and his hands shall complete it; and thou knewest that Jehovah of armies sent me to you.
And Moses will say, By this shall ye know that Jehovah sent me to do all these works; for not from my heart
Draw ye near to me, hear this; I spake not in secret in the beginning; from the time of its being, there was I: and now the Lord Jehovah sent me, and his spirit
Men of God » Leaders
Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you.
In that day, says Jehovah of armies, I will take thee, O Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, my servant, says Jehovah, and I set thee as a seal; for I chose in thee, says Jehovah of armies.
And the Lord said to him, Go: for he is a vessel of choice to me, to lift up my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel:
But the foolish things of the world, has God chosen that he might shame the wise; and the weak things of the world has God chosen that he might shame things strong; And the ignoble things of the world, and the despised things, has God chosen, and things not being, that the things being he might leave unemployed:
Women » Leaders » Liberality of
She spread forth her hands to the poor, and sent forth her hands to the needy.
Then Mary having taken a pound of perfumed oil of spikenard, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs: and the house was filled with the smell of the perfumed oil.
And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they will bring the winning, the cerulean purple, and the red purple, the double scarlet and the byssus.
And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.
And certain women, who were cured from evil spirits and weaknesses, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went forth seven demons, And Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who served him from possessions to them.
Topics on Leaders
Admonition, Of Leaders
1 Thessalonians 5:12And we ask you, brethren, to know those being fatigued among you, and set over you in the Lord, and reminding you;
Anointed Old Testament Leaders
Exodus 29:7And take the oil of anointing, and thou shalt pour upon his head and anoint him.
Assembling Leaders
Exodus 3:16Come, and gather together the old men of Israel, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was seen to me, the God of Abraham, Isaak and Jacob, saying, Reviewing, I reviewed you and what was done to you in Egypt
Deception, Christian Leaders Must Not
2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craft, neither adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every consciousness of man before God.
elders, as community leaders
Exodus 19:7And Moses will go and will call to the old men of the people, and he will set before them all these words that Jehovah commanded him.
Exchanging Of Leaders
Job 34:24He shall break in pieces the mighty, not searching out, and he will set others in their stead.
Leaders Sinning
1 Samuel 2:17And the sin of the boys will be exceedingly great before Jehovah, for the men despised the gifts of Jehovah.
Leaders, Political
Judges 2:16And Jehovah will raise up judges, and they will save them from the hand of their plunderers.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And not any takes this honour to himself; but the called of God, as also Aaron.
Shepherds, As Kings And Leaders
Isaiah 44:28Saying to Cyrus, My shepherd, and he shall complete all my delight: and saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and the temple shall be founded.
Watchfulness, Of Leaders
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I gave thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and hear thou the word from my mouth, and admonish them from me.
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