Bible Verses About Raising Up Leaders
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for raising up leaders, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,337 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 Raising Up Leaders
Exodus 18:21141 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:
Deuteronomy 1:13116 votes
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
2 Timothy 2:2100 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.
1 Timothy 3:1-797 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Titus 1:5-996 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:
Daniel 2:2182 votes
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Acts 6:371 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.
Jeremiah 3:1565 votes
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 4:11-1358 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Acts 14:2356 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.
Matthew 9:37-3853 votes
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
1 Peter 5:1-448 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 16:1-1339 votes
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
Ephesians 4:11-1236 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Psalms 75:6-833 votes
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Joshua 1:5-925 votes
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6823 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Proverbs 29:1420 votes
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Matthew 9:3820 votes
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Luke 6:4020 votes
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
1 Timothy 5:2220 votes
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
Proverbs 11:1416 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Acts 6:2-416 votes
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
1 Peter 5:1-315 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:
Numbers 27:15-2312 votes
And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
What does the Bible say about raising up leaders?
Readers most often cite Exodus 18:21 on the subject of raising up leaders. Across 1,337 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 1:13, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 3:1-7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.