Bad Leadership

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers <FI>are<Fi> wicked.

An abomination to kings <FI>is<Fi> doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

but ye <FI>are<Fi> not so, but he who is greater among you--let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

`And thou--thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed <FI>these<Fi> over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days, — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

My people--its exactors <FI>are<Fi> sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people--thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Thy princes <FI>are<Fi> apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

for a sin of divination <FI>is<Fi> rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim <FI>is<Fi> stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from <FI>being<Fi> king.'

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; — read the full passage →

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

O the happiness of the nation whose God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them, — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you. — read the full passage →

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing--in all good things.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Blind <FI>are<Fi> his watchmen--all of them, They have not known, All of them <FI>are<Fi> dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. — read the full passage →

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king <FI>is<Fi> a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, <FI>Is<Fi> the wicked ruler over a poor people.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

And it cometh to pass, when Samuel <FI>is<Fi> aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because <FI>it is<Fi> not of faith; and all that <FI>is<Fi> not of faith is sin.

My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

A son of twenty and one years <FI>is<Fi> Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem; — read the full passage →

`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed <FI>it<Fi> within thy gates; — read the full passage →

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy <FI>with<Fi> iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons--corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.

Every high thing he doth see, He <FI>is<Fi> king over all sons of pride.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors; — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;