Bible Verses About Bad Leadership
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bad leadership, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 16,785 votes, led by Proverbs 29:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bad Leadership
Proverbs 29:2643 votes
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Jeremiah 23:1-4566 votes
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
Proverbs 29:12498 votes
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs 16:12467 votes
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
1 Timothy 3:1-5458 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Hebrews 13:17392 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Acts 20:28381 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Timothy 4:12376 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Colossians 3:23-25352 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Mark 10:42-45341 votes
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
Proverbs 16:18325 votes
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 34:1-8325 votes
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Timothy 2:24318 votes
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Matthew 23:1-39267 votes
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
Psalms 101:5258 votes
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Luke 22:26254 votes
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Philippians 2:3241 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Timothy 3:1-2235 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Hebrews 13:7228 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Matthew 20:26227 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Proverbs 4:23215 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Galatians 6:9203 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
John 3:30192 votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Exodus 18:21190 votes
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Psalms 78:72190 votes
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
What does the Bible say about bad leadership?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 29:2 on the subject of bad leadership. Across 16,785 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 23:1-4, Proverbs 29:12, Proverbs 16:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.