Bible Verses about “spiritual leaders”

“All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.”

“¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”

“But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.›”

“‹All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,› [that] ‹observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.›”

“Then saith Jesus unto him, ‹Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›”

“Jesus said unto him, ‹It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›”

“Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,”

“Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;”

“And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”

“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”

“And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›”

“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”

“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”

“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”

“¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”

“Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.”

“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›”

“¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.”

“¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”

“And they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.”

“And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.”

“And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.”

“¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;”

“And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:”

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,”

“The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;”

“And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.”

“For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”

“‹But ye› [shall] ‹not› [be] ‹so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.›”