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Want to know what the Bible says about Leadership? Here are 135 Bible verses about Leadership from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 11:14 NIV
For lack of guidance a nation falls,
    but victory is won through many advisers.
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Luke 22:24-27 NIV
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
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1 Peter 5:3 NIV
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
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Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Above all else, guard your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.
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Philippians 2:4 NIV
not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
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Psalm 78:72 NIV
And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
    with skillful hands he led them.
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1 Corinthians 12:12 NIV
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
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Proverbs 29:2 NIV
When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;
    when the wicked rule, the people groan.
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Hebrews 13:7 NIV
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
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