Bible Verses About Leadership in the Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for leadership in the church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,742 votes, led by Hebrews 13:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Leadership in the Church
Hebrews 13:17121 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 20:28115 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.
Hebrews 13:7108 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 Timothy 3:290 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:180 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
James 3:178 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Timothy 5:1776 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Timothy 4:1268 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.
Matthew 20:2667 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Titus 1:763 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;
Isaiah 41:1058 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Philippians 2:357 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Titus 1:656 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Acts 14:2354 votes
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Galatians 6:954 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Peter 5:1-453 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:
Proverbs 4:2351 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
John 3:3050 votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.
1 Timothy 3:1-750 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Proverbs 11:1446 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
2 Timothy 2:1545 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Titus 1:943 votes
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
James 1:1243 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Ephesians 4:11-1642 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Philippians 2:442 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
What does the Bible say about leadership in the church?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:17 on the subject of leadership in the church. Across 3,742 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 20:28, Hebrews 13:7, 1 Timothy 3:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.