【Top】50+ Bible Verses About Leadership - KJV Scriptures

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you”

— Hebrews 13:17

“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind”

— 1 Peter 5:2

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God”

— 1 Corinthians 11:3

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”

— Acts 20:28

“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation”

— Hebrews 13:7

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn”

— Proverbs 29:2

“But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more”

— Luke 12:48

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not”

— Galatians 6:9

“But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister”

— Matthew 20:26

“It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness”

— Proverbs 16:12

“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”

— 1 Timothy 3:5

“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day”

— Psalm 25:5

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”

— 1 Timothy 6:12

“But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve”

— Luke 22:26

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:1

“But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven”

— 1 Corinthians 11:5

“For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged”

— Proverbs 28:2

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens”

— Exodus 18:21

“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:12

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love”

— 1 John 4:8

“This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work”

— 1 Timothy 3:1

“Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us”

— 2 Thessalonians 3:9

“I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea”

— Romans 16:1

“For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee”

— Titus 1:5

“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch”

— Matthew 15:14

“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers”

— Titus 1:9

“And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly”

— Acts 18:26

“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”

— 1 Kings 3:9

“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths”

— Isaiah 3:12

“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness”

— Romans 12:8

“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors”

— Isaiah 53:12

“The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days”

— Proverbs 28:16

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it”

— Proverbs 2:21

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity”

— 1 Timothy 4:12

“And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?”

— Luke 6:39

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth”

— Acts 1:8

“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil”

— 1 Timothy 3:6

“The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it”

— Proverbs 29:4

“And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church”

— Acts 20:17

“The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever”

— Proverbs 29:14

“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre”

— Titus 1:7

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God”

— 1 Peter 4:10

“Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things”

— Galatians 6:6

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”

— 2 Timothy 2:15

“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine”

— 1 Timothy 5:17

“And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness”

— Isaiah 16:5

“So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands”

— Psalm 78:72

“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety”

— Proverbs 11:14

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

— Ephesians 4:11

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God”

— Romans 13:1

“He must increase, but I must decrease”

— John 3:30