Bible Verses About Accountability
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for accountability, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,901 votes, led by Romans 14:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Accountability
Romans 14:12557 votes
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
James 5:16471 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Galatians 6:1-5465 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
1 Thessalonians 5:11381 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 27:17370 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Matthew 12:36-37319 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Luke 17:3304 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Hebrews 4:13254 votes
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12246 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Jeremiah 17:10199 votes
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Luke 12:47-48180 votes
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Ezekiel 18:20179 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
2 Corinthians 5:10169 votes
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Hebrews 13:17164 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Matthew 7:3-5146 votes
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
James 4:17146 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
James 3:1141 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Luke 12:48130 votes
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Matthew 12:36127 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Luke 16:10-12121 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
1 John 2:1-29116 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Ephesians 4:25109 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Hebrews 10:25105 votes
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Psalms 51:5102 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Romans 2:12101 votes
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
What does the Bible say about accountability?
Readers most often cite Romans 14:12 on the subject of accountability. Across 9,901 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Galatians 6:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.