55 Bible Verses about Responsibility
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For what to me also to judge them without? do ye yourselves judge them within
For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Behold, I have prepared to come to you the third time; and I will not act with negligence to you: for I seek not your things, but you: for children ought not to treasure up for parents, but parents for children.
And when a soul shall sin, and he heard the voice of an oath, and he a witness, if he saw or knew; if he shall not announce, he bore his sin.
Not newly planted, lest rendered proud he fall into condemnation of the accuser.
And the twelve having called the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing for us, having left the word of God, to serve tables.
Of which I was a servant, according to the stewardship of God, given to me for you, to complete the word of God;
Thou shalt not be with those striking the hand with those pledging for debts.
And all the people having answered, said, His blood upon us, and upon our children.
Let the husband return to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
In my saying to the unjust, Dying, thou shalt die; and thou admonished him not, and thou spakest not to admonish the unjust from his way of injustice to preserve him alive; this unjust one shall die in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from thy hand.
And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not please ourselves.
He faithful in the least, is also faithful in much: and he unjust in the least, is also unjust in much.
And if thou hast admonished the unjust one, and he turned not back from his evil and from his way of injustice; he shall die in his iniquity and thou deliveredst thy soul.
Put hands swiftly upon none, nor participate in others' sins: keep thyself pure.
Brethren, if any among you be led astray from the truth, and any should turn him back;
And if the watchman shall see the sword coming, and he struck not upon the trumpet, and the people were not warned; and the sword shall come and take a soul from them, he was taken away in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from the watchman's hand.
So let a man reckon us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.
Knowing that whatever good each might do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or free.
And in the just turning back from his justice and doing evil, and I gave a stumbling-block before his face, he shall die: for thou didst not admonish him, in his sins he shall die, and his justice shall not be remembered which he did; and his blood will I seek from thy hand.
The wife and virgin have been divided. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she might be holy also in body and spirit: and she married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.
The soul sinning, it shall die. The son shall not bear for the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear for the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just one shall be upon him, and the injustice of the unjust one shall be upon him.
And ye watched the watches of the holy place, and the watches of the altar; and anger shall no more be upon the sons of Israel.
And he not having known, and having done things worthy of blows, shall be skinned with few. And to every one to whom much was given, shall much be required of him: and with whom they have deposited much, they will ask of him the more.
Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
And it was all which went forth out of the doors of thy house without, his blood upon his head and we are free, and all which shall be with thee in the house, his blood upon our head if a hand shall be upon him.
Therefore, survey, brethren, seven men of you, being witnesses full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom ye shall set over this need.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the old men of Israel, whom thou knewest that they were old men of the people, and their scribes; and take them to the tent of appointment, and they shall stand there with thee.
And I spake to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able alone to bear you:
And to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of the tree year by year, to the house of Jehovah:
And it was the man who shall not hear to my word. which he shall speak in my name, I will require from him.
And if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious to their own house, and to return recompenses to their progenitors: for this is good and acceptable before God.
And from the son of fifty years, he shall turn back from the warfare of the service, and shall serve no more.
Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth Jehovah gave to me, the God of the heavens; and he charged upon me to build for him a house in Jerusalem which is in Judah.
And they watched the watches of the tent of appointment, and the watches of the holy place, and the watches of the sons of Aaron, their brethren for the service of the house of Jehovah.
For if of free will I do this, I have reward: and if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; and we are made manifest to God; and I hope also to have been made manifest to your consciences.
If a man shall seduce a virgin who was not betrothed, and lying with her, endowing, he shall endow her to him for a wife.
So that a later generation shall know; sons shall be born, they shall rise up and recount to their sons.
That the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world be required of this generation;
And I shall command Hanani my brother, and Hananiah chief of the fortress, over Jerusalem, for he is as a man of truth, and fearing God above many.
From Thematic Bible
Responsibility » Personal
Who art thou judging another's servant? to his own lord he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand: for God is powerful to make him stand.
For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned.
The soul sinning, it shall die. The son shall not bear for the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear for the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just one shall be upon him, and the injustice of the unjust one shall be upon him.
The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.
And he planting and he watering are one: and each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Responsibility » Attempts to shirk
And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.
And he will say, Is it not that his name was called Jacob? he will defraud me this twice: he took my birthright and behold, now he took my blessing And he will say, Didst thou not put aside a blessing for me?
And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.
And the people will take from the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief devoted to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
And Sarai will say to Abram, My wrong upon thee: I gave my maid servant into thy bosom, and she will see that she conceived, and I shall be despised in her eyes. Jehovah will judge between me and between thee.
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
And if the watchman shall see the sword coming, and he struck not upon the trumpet, and the people were not warned; and the sword shall come and take a soul from them, he was taken away in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from the watchman's hand.
And he will say to me, Son of man, eat what thou shalt find; eat this roll, and go speak to the house of Israel. And I shall open my mouth, and he will cause me to eat this roll. And he will say to me, Son of man, thou shalt cause thy belly to eat, and thou shalt fill thy bowels with this roll which I give to thee. And eating it, it will be in my mouth as honey for sweetness. read more.
And he will say to me, Son of man, go; come to the house of Israel and speak my word to them. For not to a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue; thou art sent to the house of Israel; Not to many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue which thou wilt not hear their words If to them I sent thee, they will hear to thee. And the house of Israel will not hear to thee; for they are not willing to hear to me: for all the house of Israel are strong of forehead, and they are hard of heart. Behold, I gave thy face strong over against their face, and thy forehead strong over against their forehead. As the diamond strong above the rock I gave thy forehead: thou shalt not fear them, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they are a house of contradiction. And he will say to me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak to thee take into thy heart, and with thine ears hear thou. And go, come to the captivity, to the sons of my people, and speak to them, and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah; if they will hear, and if they will desist And the spirit will lift me up, and I shall hear behind me a voice of a great shaking: Praised be the glory of Jehovah from his place. And the voice of the wings of the living creatures, kissing one to the other, and the voice of the wheels over against them, and the voice of a great shaking. And the spirit lifted me up, and it will take me and I shall go bitter, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. And I shall go to the captivity, the hill of the green ears, those dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are sitting there, I shall sit there seven days, being astonished in the midst of them. And it will be from the end of seven days, and the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, Son of man, I gave thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and hear thou the word from my mouth, and admonish them from me.
Truly to those an odor of death into death; and to those an odor of life into life. And who sufficient for these things?
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Esau
And Jacob will boil a boiling, and Esau will come from the country, and he faint And Esau will say to Jacob, Give me now to eat from the red; this red, for I faint: for this he called his name Edom. And Jacob will say, Sell this day thy birth-right to me. read more.
And Esau will say, Behold, I am going to die, and what to me this birthright? And Jacob will say, Swear to me this day: and he will swear to him: and he will sell his birth-right to Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau food, and the boiling of lentiles; and he will eat and drink and will rise and go forth: and Esau will despise the birth-right
And he will say, Is it not that his name was called Jacob? he will defraud me this twice: he took my birthright and behold, now he took my blessing And he will say, Didst thou not put aside a blessing for me?
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Sarah
And Sarai will say to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah restrained me from bringing forth; go now to my maid servant; perhaps I shall have children from her. And Abram will listen to the voice of Sarai.
And Sarai will say to Abram, My wrong upon thee: I gave my maid servant into thy bosom, and she will see that she conceived, and I shall be despised in her eyes. Jehovah will judge between me and between thee.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » saul
And Saul will say to Samuel, That I heard to the voice of Jehovah, and I will go in the way which Jehovah sent me, and I will bring Agag king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek. And the people will take from the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief devoted to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Aaron
And Aaron will say, The wrath of my lord shall not kindle: thou knowest the people that it is in sin. And they will say to me; Make to us gods which shall go before us: for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we knew not what was to him. And I said to them, To whom is gold, he shall break it off. And they will give it to me, and I shall cast it into the fire and this calf will come out
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Adam
And the man will say, The woman which thou gavest with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I shall eat And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Pontius pilate
And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.
Responsibility » Assumed by the jewish leaders for the death of jesus
And all the people having answered, said, His blood upon us, and upon our children.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Eve
And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.
Topics on Responsibility
Humanities Responsibility To Creation
Genesis 1:28And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.
Land, As A Divine Responsibility
Deuteronomy 26:5-9And thou didst answer and say before Jehovah thy God, An unfortunate Syrian my father; and he went down into Egypt, and he will sojourn there with a few men, and will be there into a great nation, mighty and many.
Responsibility For Blood Shed
Matthew 23:35So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.
Responsibility, Examples Of
Genesis 6:13-14And God will say to Noah, The end of all flesh came in to my face, for the earth was filled with violence from the face of them, and behold me destroying them from the earth.
Responsibility, For God's World
Romans 13:3-4For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:
Responsibility, Of Natural World
Exodus 19:5And now if hearing, ye shall hear to my voice, and watch my covenant, and ye were to me wealth above all peoples, for to me is all the earth.
Responsibility, To God
Deuteronomy 24:16The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.
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