Bible Verses About Qualities of a Good Leader

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another , as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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;

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

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

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.