Bad Leadership
10 passages
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Read it in context - Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:23–25
23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, 24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Read it in context - Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read it in context - 2 Timothy 2:24
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Read it in context - Psalm 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
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