'Account' in the Bible

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute [you] and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it.

and said, 'On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields on account of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

But he went out [and] began to proclaim [it] freely and to spread abroad the account, so that he was no longer able to enter publicly into a town. But he was staying outside in deserted places, and they were coming to him from all directions.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me and of the gospel will save it.

Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields on account of me and on account of the gospel

Since many have attempted to compile an account concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us,

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me, this person will save it.

And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God,

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these [things] on the Sabbath.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

because on account of him many of the Jews were going and believing in Jesus.

But they will do all these [things] to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

A woman, when she gives birth, experiences pain because her hour has come. But when [her] child is born, she no longer remembers the affliction, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

So there, on account of the day of preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they buried Jesus.

I produced the former account, O Theophilus, about all {that} Jesus began to do and to teach,

So [after] threatening [them] further, they released them, finding no way to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

For indeed we are in danger of being accused of rioting concerning today, [since there] is no cause in relation to which we will be able to give an account concerning this disorderly gathering!" And [when he] had said these [things], he dismissed the assembly.

But some in the crowd were shouting one thing [and] others [another], and [because] he was not able to find out the truth on account of the commotion, he gave orders to bring him into the barracks.

And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,

On account of these [things] the Jews seized me in the temple [courts] [and] were attempting to kill [me].

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account [when there] is no law.

Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."

So each one of us will give an account concerning himself.

Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things] [are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}.

Because of this, the woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head, on account of the angels.

For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses [it].

because it is said, "His letters [are] severe and powerful, but his bodily presence [is] weak and his speech is of no account."

Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom it had been promised, having been ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.

On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that {he might make up for your inability to serve me}.

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account.

On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes [you anything], {charge this to my account}.

And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all [things are] naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom {we must give our account}.

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] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.