55 Bible Verses about Responsibility
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Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we support you. Be strong and take action!”
For each person will have to carry his own load.
For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside?
for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
“When someone sins in any of these ways:
If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.
He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.
Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.
I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known,
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.
A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,
If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.
Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
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.
A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries.
“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.
knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.
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.
and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
The person who sins is the one who will die. A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.
“You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
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.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
If anyone goes out the doors of your house, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if anyone with you in the house should be harmed, his blood will be on our heads.
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.
The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.
“I said to you at that time: I can’t bear the responsibility for you on my own.
We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year.
I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.
But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.
This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.
They are to carry out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the holy place, and for their relatives, the sons of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple.”
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.
“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.
Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he has sexual relations with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife.
so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children
so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
From Thematic Bible
Responsibility » Personal
Who are you to criticize
The person who sins is the one who will die.
“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.
Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Responsibility » Attempts to shirk
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere,
So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was set apart for destruction—to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering!
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Obey your leaders
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.
He said to me: "Son of man, eat what you find [here]. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. "Son of man," he said to me, "eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you." So I ate [it], and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. read more.
Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them. For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel. [You are] not [being sent] to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted. Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don't be afraid of them or discouraged by [the look on] their faces, even though they are a rebellious house." Next He said to me: "Son of man, listen carefully to all My words that I speak to you and take [them] to heart. Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them: This is what the Lord God says, whether they listen or refuse [to listen]." The Spirit then lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me-praise the glory of the Lord in His place!- with the sound of the living creatures' wings brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord's hand was on me powerfully. I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there stunned for seven days. Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
To some we are an aroma of death
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Esau
Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, exhausted. He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted." That is why he was [also] named Edom. Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." read more.
"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?" Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.
So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Sarah
Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering!
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » saul
"But I did obey the Lord!" Saul answered. "I went on the mission the Lord gave me: I brought back Agag, king of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites. The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder-the best of what was set apart for destruction-to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal."
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Aaron
"Don't be enraged, my lord," Aaron replied. "You yourself know that the people are [intent] on evil. They said to me, 'Make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt-we don't know what has happened to him!' So I said to them, 'Whoever has gold, take it off,' and they gave [it] to me. When I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!"
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Adam
Then the man replied, "The woman You gave to be with me-she gave me [some fruit] from the tree, and I ate." So the Lord God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate."
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Pontius pilate
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere,
Responsibility » Assumed by the jewish leaders for the death of jesus
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Eve
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”
Topics on Responsibility
Humanities Responsibility To Creation
Genesis 1:28God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,
Land, As A Divine Responsibility
Deuteronomy 26:5-9You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.
Responsibility For Blood Shed
Matthew 23:35Responsibility, Examples Of
Genesis 6:13-14Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness
Responsibility, For God's World
Romans 13:3-4For rulers are not a terror
Responsibility, Of Natural World
Exodus 19:5Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant,
Responsibility, To God
Deuteronomy 24:16“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.
