100 Bible Verses About Leadership

And the five men go, and come in to Laish, and see the people which is in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in any thing, possessing restraint, and they are far off from the Zidonians, and have no word with any man.

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

But he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand hath saved me.

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time:

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.'

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

This [is] the law of the burnt-offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the Peace-offerings;

How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread, and gave also to them that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.

As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Who are Israelites; to whom [pertain] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calleth for his son, for Joseph, and saith to him, If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and thou hast done with me kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt,

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,

And looking around upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

And he answered and told them, Elijah verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written concerning the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.

in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring [it] to pass.

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.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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?

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

I have believed, for I speak, I--I have been afflicted greatly.

A torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.'

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

Afterwards again he put his hands on his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and discerned all things clearly,

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--According to the proportion of faith!'

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.

Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from] our Lord Jesus Christ,

And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, And none trusting in Him are desolate!

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

and I have established his kingdom to the age, if he is strong to do My commands, and My judgments, as at this day.

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'