Bible Verses About Leadership Situations

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

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

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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.

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

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

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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.

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

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

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

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

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

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:

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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 the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

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.

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;

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

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

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

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

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:

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

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.

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,