11 Bible Verses about Accountability

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

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

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.

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.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing in front of the throne. And books were opened; and so was another book--namely, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged by the things recorded in the books in accordance with what their conduct had been.

Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

not neglecting--as some habitually do--to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.

For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned whilst living under the Law, will be judged by the Law.