Scripture Verses
 to Encourage Leaders in Ministry

You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you to be his own special treasure. -Deuteronomy 14:2 (NLT) All this I have in writing from the hand of the Lord upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan. -1 Chronicles 28:19 (NIV)

Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work is finished. -1 Chronicles 28:20 (NIV)

God’s intimate friendship blesses my house. -Job 29:4 (paraphrased)

You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing amiss, for I am determined not to sin in what I say. -Psalm 17:3 (NLT)

I have followed your commands, which have kept me from going along with cruel and evil people. -Psalm 17: 4 (NLT)

May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the Lord Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. -Psalm 69:6 (NIV)

I will lead a life of integrity in my own home. I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all crooked dealings; I will have nothing to do with them. -Psalm 101:2b-3 (NLT)

A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. -Proverbs 11:25 (NIV)

From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him. -Proverbs 12:14 (NIV)

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” -Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)

The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. -Isaiah 50:4 (NIV)

You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. -Isaiah 62:6-7 (NIV)

I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. -Isaiah 62:6 (NIV)

Get up and get dressed. Go out, and tell them whatever I tell you to say. -Jeremiah 1;17 (NLT)

I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one. -Ezekiel 22:30 (NLT)

Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.” -Luke 8:46

For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. -1 Corinthians 16:9 (NKJV)

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. -2 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)

For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. -2 Corinthians 2:15-17 (NIV)

But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. -1 Thessalonians 5:8 (NLT)

I have been sent to bring faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. -Titus 1:1 (NLT)