Bible Verses About Leadership Changes

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

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

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.

Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

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.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

So Paul departed from among them.

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.