What Does the Bible Say About Ethical Leaders?

Ephesians 5:1-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ...

John 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 3:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Isaiah 45:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me,

Revelation 22:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

1 John 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

John 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

John 1:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Amos 3:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? ...

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” ...

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

John 14:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

25 Bible Verses about Ethical Leaders

Ephesians 5:1-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 22:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 3:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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25 Bible Verses about Ethical Leaders

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Ephesians 5:1-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 22:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 3:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote