Bible Verses About Being Responsible
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being responsible, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,198 votes, led by Colossians 3:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Responsible
Colossians 3:23386 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Romans 14:12311 votes
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Proverbs 22:6242 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Luke 16:10241 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.
Ezekiel 18:20232 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.
1 Timothy 5:8216 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Ephesians 6:4208 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:10205 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.
1 John 1:9203 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Proverbs 28:13189 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Galatians 6:5183 votes
For every man shall bear his own burden.
1 Corinthians 13:11166 votes
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Luke 12:48146 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.
Colossians 2:8144 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2 Timothy 1:7140 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Job 19:4132 votes
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Revelation 1:1130 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Hebrews 4:12129 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Galatians 6:2125 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
2 Peter 1:10121 votes
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
James 4:17120 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Galatians 6:7115 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
John 12:48114 votes
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
2 Thessalonians 3:10113 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
James 2:26113 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
What does the Bible say about being responsible?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:23 on the subject of being responsible. Across 9,198 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 14:12, Proverbs 22:6, Luke 16:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.