31 Bible Verses about Leadership Qualities

Give me from among you, of your tribes, wise and understanding and expert men, and I will make them the head over you.

And Moses chose men of virtue out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, princes over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens.

and that you express greater charity unto them for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

therefore, brethren, seek out among you seven men of whom you bear witness, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Moreover thou shalt consider out of all the people men of virtue, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place princes over them, of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Moreover he must have a good report of those who are outside lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

The Word is faithful, If anyone desires the office of a bishop, , he desires a difficult ministry.

He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.

and I have been with thee wherever thou didst walk and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Then this Daniel was preferred above these governors and presidents because an overabundance of the Spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole kingdom.

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity;

And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that presides, in earnest care; he that shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes banquet in the morning!

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows the work of his hands.

He makes my feet like hinds' feet and sets me upon my high places.

and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.

Then all the tribes of Israel came unto David in Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil and go; I will send thee to Jesse of Bethlehem for I have provided me a king among his sons.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab and said, Peradventure is the LORD's anointed before him?

But no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the strong habitation: for I will make rest and make him run from upon her, and he who is chosen I shall appoint over her; for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Paul, apostle (not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)

Save me, O God, in thy name and defend me by thy valour.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

And I saw, and, behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four animals and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.