18 Bible Verses about Accountability

I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

If I say to the wicked, ‘Wicked one, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

However, if the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn’t blow the trumpet, so that the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives, then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.

All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law.