Quotes about Accountability
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
— Deuteronomy 24:15
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
— Deuteronomy 24:16
If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
— Joshua 2:19
But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
— Joshua 7:10
“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
— Joshua 7:20
If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
— Joshua 22:23
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
— 1 Samuel 2:23
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
— 1 Samuel 3:13
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
— 1 Samuel 3:17
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
— 1 Samuel 12:3
Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
— 1 Samuel 12:7
But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
— 1 Samuel 12:25