| Exodus 18:21 - 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 1:13 - Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy 1:15 - So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. |
2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles 1:11 - And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
2 Chronicles 1:12 - Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. |
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:6 - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 3:8 - It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:9 - Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 3:10 - So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
| Proverbs 25:28 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. |
| Jeremiah 23:1 - Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. |
Matthew 20:25 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Matthew 20:26 - But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Matthew 20:27 - And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Matthew 20:28 - Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. |
Mark 10:42 - 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.
Mark 10:43 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Mark 10:44 - And whosoever of you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all.
Mark 10:45 - For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. |
Luke 22:24 - And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Luke 22:25 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Luke 22:26 - 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.
Luke 22:27 - For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. |
| John 10:11 - I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. |