Raising Up Leaders

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. — read the full passage →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.” — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. — read the full passage →

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you. — read the full passage →

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables. — read the full passage →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit? — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in. — read the full passage →

He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.” — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.

You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, — read the full passage →

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian.

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. — read the full passage →

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.” — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. — read the full passage →

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?”

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.” — read the full passage →

He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.”

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears”; — read the full passage →

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.