Bible Verses About Leadership
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for leadership, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 12,385 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 Leadership
1 Timothy 4:12717 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.
Philippians 2:3563 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Exodus 18:21377 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:
Matthew 20:25-28358 votes
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
1 Timothy 3:1-7308 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Galatians 6:9266 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Romans 12:9-13262 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Proverbs 11:14258 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Matthew 20:26246 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Jeremiah 23:1245 votes
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
Hebrews 13:17245 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.
Mark 10:42-45234 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.
John 13:12-15232 votes
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
Luke 22:24-27213 votes
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
1 Peter 5:3207 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Philippians 2:4206 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Philippians 4:13193 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 4:23187 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Psalms 78:72180 votes
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Hebrews 13:7171 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.
Proverbs 3:5-10170 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 29:2164 votes
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
1 Corinthians 12:12159 votes
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Acts 20:28158 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.
2 Timothy 2:2153 votes
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
What does the Bible say about leadership?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:12 on the subject of leadership. Across 12,385 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 2:3, Exodus 18:21, Matthew 20:25-28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.