Quotes about Leadership
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
- Judges 4:4
Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
- Judges 4:8
When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
- Judges 4:12
he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
- Judges 4:13
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
- Judges 4:14
Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
- Judges 4:16
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
- Judges 5:1
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Judges 5:2
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
- Judges 5:7
‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
- Judges 5:12
The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 5:15
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 5:16