What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Heb 13: 17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Mat 23: 11, 12
"The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
John 10: 11
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Prov 27: 23
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.
1 Tim 5: 17
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
1 Pet 5: 5 - 7
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Prov 11: 14
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
