BIBLE VERSES ON LEADERSHIP

Be blessed by these Bible verses on leadership:

May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
Numbers 27:16-17

David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.
II Samuel 8:15

When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.
II Samuel 23:3-4

So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.
I Kings 3:9

How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
I Kings 10:8

Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.
I Kings 10:9

Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
Proverbs 20:28

A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Proverbs 28:3

A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.
Proverbs 28:16

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.
Proverbs 29:12

If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 29:14

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:35