Bible Verses About Spiritual Leadership
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spiritual leadership, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 253 votes, led by 1 Peter 2:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Spiritual Leadership
1 Peter 2:940 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Mark 10:42-4537 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.
Ephesians 5:21-3322 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Hebrews 3:622 votes
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
2 Timothy 2:1519 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Peter 3:1-718 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Timothy 3:217 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Corinthians 11:3-1614 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
John 6:6313 votes
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 10:2711 votes
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Acts 20:2810 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 Corinthians 11:310 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Colossians 3:1810 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Colossians 3:2110 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
What does the Bible say about spiritual leadership?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 2:9 on the subject of spiritual leadership. Across 253 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 10:42-45, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 3:6. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.