Bible Verses About Leadership

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Bible Verses About Leadership

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Being a leader takes courage, discipline, and determination. While a great leader can bring great success,
it also comes at the cost of being judged and overwhelmed. The Bible speaks of so many wonderful
leaders and how God blessed them for their work. There are many verses and Scriptures that God spoke
to encourage men and women who choose to step up and lead. If you are striving to be a leader or if you
need inspiration along the way, these Bible verses about leadership should help!

Galatians 6:9

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9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not

give up.

Hebrews 13:7

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7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of

life and imitate their faith.

Isaiah 41:10
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10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and

help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

James 1:12

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12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will

receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

James 3:1

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1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who

teach will be judged more strictly.

James 4:10

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 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Jeremiah 1:5

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5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you

as a prophet to the nations.

John 3:30

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30 He must become greater; I must become less.

Matthew 7:12

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12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and

the Prophets.

 Matthew 20:26

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26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Philippians 2:3

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3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above

yourselves,

Philippians 2:4

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4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Philippians 4:13

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 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Proverbs 4:23

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23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Proverbs 22:29

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29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before

officials of low rank.

1 Timothy 3:2

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2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled,

respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 4:8
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8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for

both the present life and the life to come.

1 Timothy 4:12

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12 Dont let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers

in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

2 Timothy 2:15

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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be

ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Psalm 37:5

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 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

Romans 8:28

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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been

called according to his purpose.

Proverbs 27:23-24

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23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; 24 for riches do

not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

Mark 10:42-45

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42 Jesus called them together and said, You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the

Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you.

Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to
 be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and

to give his life as a ransom for many.

John 13:13-17

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13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am.14 Now that I, your Lord and

Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one anothers feet. 15 I have set you an

example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than

his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these

things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Ephesians 4:11-16

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11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to

equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach

unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole

measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the

waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of

people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in

every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body,
 joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each

part does its work.

Titus 1:7-14

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7 Since an overseer manages Gods household, he must be blamelessnot overbearing, not quick-

tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8 Rather, he must be

hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 9He

must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others

by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. 10 For there are many rebellious people, full of

meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. 11 They must be

silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach

and that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12One of Cretes own prophets has said it: Cretans are

always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons. 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that

they will be sound in the faith 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human

commands of those who reject the truth.