What Does the Bible Say About Vulnerability In Leadership?

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

Genesis 2:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1 Peter 3:1-7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ...

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

1 Timothy 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 10:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,

John 8:44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Exodus 22:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double. “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard. ...

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”

Genesis 3:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

29 Bible Verses about Vulnerability In Leadership

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:1-7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 10:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 8:44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 22:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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29 Bible Verses about Vulnerability In Leadership

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Matthew 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 10:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 8:44 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 22:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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