100 Bible Verses About Leaders

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.

The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

And Ish–bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.