Bible Verses about “family leader”
The Bible contains 50 verses about family leader across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”
“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.”
“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
“¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:”
“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”
“Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;”
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”
“¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”
“The same was in the beginning with God.”
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”
“Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
“¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”
“Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.”
“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”
“For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
“¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”
“[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].”
“And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.”
“The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.”
“He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.”
“And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.”
“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.”
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”
“¶ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?”
“And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.”
“Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?”
“He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
“There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.”
“And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.”
“¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
“¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
“Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, ‹What seek ye?› They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?”