Leadership Verses
Servant leadership as modeled by Christ — wisdom for those called to lead.
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners {were} bound: and he was there in the prison.
And it came to pass after these things, {that} the butler of the king of Egypt and {his} baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which {were} bound in the prison.
And it came to pass the third day, {which was} Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. {lifted...: or, reckoned}
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, {both} me and the chief baker:
And {there was} there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Let Pharaoh do {this}, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. {officers: or, overseers}
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find {such a one} as this {is}, a man in whom the Spirit of God {is}?
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him {ruler} over all the land of Egypt. {Bow...: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech}
And Joseph {was} thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.