Bible Verses About Leadership

“Jesus called them together and said... 'whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 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.'”

“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”

“For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.”

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

“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”

“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.”

“Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them... not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”