20 Bible Verses about accounting

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

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

For he reckoned that God is even able to raise a man up from among the dead, and, figuratively speaking, it was from among the dead that he received Isaac again.

He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

Not that I crave for gifts from you, but I do want to see abundant fruit bring you honour.

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

But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,

"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.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.

"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'

because he deemed the reproaches which he might meet with in the service of the Christ to be greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt; for he fixed his gaze on the coming reward.

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

it was for our sakes too. Faith, before long, will be placed to the credit of us also who are believers in Him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --

He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

For against one thing we are on our guard--I mean against blame being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal contributions which are under our charge.

For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.

As it stands written in the Scripture, "For Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have been looked upon as sheep destined for slaughter."

Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.