Bible Verses About Qualities of a Good Leader
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for qualities of a good leader, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,325 votes, led by Exodus 18:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Qualities of a Good Leader
Exodus 18:21188 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:
Titus 1:7-9161 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;
1 Timothy 3:1-7154 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Deuteronomy 1:13144 votes
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
1 Peter 5:2-3139 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;
Proverbs 29:14137 votes
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Philippians 2:3137 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
2 Timothy 2:24133 votes
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Luke 22:26126 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.
Proverbs 11:14112 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1 Timothy 4:1296 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.
Proverbs 16:1285 votes
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Matthew 20:25-2883 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.
Matthew 20:2679 votes
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Acts 20:2878 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 3:2-769 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Acts 6:363 votes
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Proverbs 3:5-654 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 31:8-954 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Proverbs 29:251 votes
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Philippians 2:3-449 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Galatians 6:947 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Proverbs 4:2344 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
James 4:1037 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Proverbs 29:434 votes
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
What does the Bible say about qualities of a good leader?
Readers most often cite Exodus 18:21 on the subject of qualities of a good leader. Across 3,325 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Titus 1:7-9, 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Deuteronomy 1:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.