Bible Verses About Organization

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

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

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:

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

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

But now are they many members, yet but one body.

For the body is not one member, but many.

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.

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.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

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

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

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

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

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

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

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.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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.

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

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

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.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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

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.

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

Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.