Bible on Leadership

Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.