Bible on Leadership

Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:

On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:

On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:

On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:

On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:

On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:

On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.