31 Bible Verses about Leadership Qualities

Choose for yourselves {wise and discerning and knowledgeable men} for [each of] your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'

And Moses chose men of ability from all Israel, and he appointed them [as] heads over the people, [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

and to esteem them beyond all measure in love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

So, brothers, select from among you seven men {of good reputation}, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need.

And you will select from all the people men of ability, fearers of God, trustworthy men, haters of [dishonest] gain, and you will appoint [such men] over them [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

But [he] must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.

Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

The saying [is] trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.

and I have been with you {everywhere you went}. I have cut off all of your enemies from in front of you, and I will make a great name for you, as the name of the great [ones] who [are] on the earth.

Yahweh lives, and blessed [be] my rock, and may the God of my salvation be exalted--

Then Daniel {began distinguishing himself} above the administrators and the satraps {because} an exceptional spirit [was] in him, and [so] the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.

But you have faithfully followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity

Just as he mentioned the ark of God, he fell from his chair backwards against the side of the gate. He broke his neck and died, because the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.

The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

he made my feet like the deer's, and on my high places he makes me stand.

And Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior of strength, and the house of his father: twenty-two commanders.

So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}.

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long} will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn [with] oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

{When they came}, he saw Eliab and said, "Surely his anointed one [is] before Yahweh!"

However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will reign [as] king, and he will achieve success, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.

And they proposed two [men], Joseph called Barsabbas (who was called Justus) and Matthias.

Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan to {a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream}. So {I will chase him away hurriedly} from it. And whoever [is] chosen I will appoint over it. For who [is] like me, and who can summon me? And who [is] this, [the] shepherd who can stand {before me}?"

Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

O God, by your name save me, and by your power vindicate me.

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.

And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.