Bible Verses About Lead by Example
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lead by example, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,637 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lead by Example
1 Timothy 4:12428 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.
1 Peter 5:3272 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Hebrews 13:7208 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.
1 Corinthians 11:1152 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Philippians 4:9133 votes
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Titus 1:776 votes
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
James 3:1-1874 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Peter 5:274 votes
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Philippians 3:1770 votes
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
2 Timothy 2:1557 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Hebrews 13:1753 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 20:2852 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 Peter 5:1-548 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
1 Samuel 16:739 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Proverbs 22:639 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Romans 14:136 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Titus 2:732 votes
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Titus 1:5-929 votes
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
James 3:127 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Corinthians 4:1-226 votes
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Peter 2:2126 votes
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1 Peter 5:1-424 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Isaiah 61:123 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
John 15:1622 votes
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Colossians 2:822 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
What does the Bible say about lead by example?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:12 on the subject of lead by example. Across 2,637 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:3, Hebrews 13:7, 1 Corinthians 11:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.