Thematic Bible: Accountability connected with stewardship

But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement. Verse Concepts

"For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts with his servants. Verse Concepts

"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town; Verse Concepts

"After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them. Verse Concepts

"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?' Verse Concepts

But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded. Verse Concepts

And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading. Verse Concepts

So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God. Verse Concepts

At this they are astonished--that you do not run into the same excess of profligacy as they do; and they speak abusively of you. But they will have to give account to Him who stands ready to pronounce judgement on the living and the dead.