Bad Leadership

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, …

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.