Bible Verses About Holding Each Other Accountable
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for holding each other accountable, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,636 votes, led by Proverbs 27:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Holding Each Other Accountable
Proverbs 27:17579 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Galatians 6:1-2520 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.
James 5:16464 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.
Matthew 18:15-17459 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12319 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ephesians 4:25278 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
James 5:19-20274 votes
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Hebrews 10:25247 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.
Galatians 6:2225 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Colossians 3:16223 votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Ephesians 4:32198 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
1 Thessalonians 5:11188 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Romans 14:12168 votes
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Hebrews 3:12-13153 votes
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Luke 17:3134 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Ephesians 4:1-32125 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
1 Corinthians 6:1-8118 votes
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Proverbs 24:24-25107 votes
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Luke 12:48102 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.
James 4:1797 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Matthew 12:3691 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Hebrews 13:1787 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 12:36-3782 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Proverbs 12:1575 votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Matthew 18:3571 votes
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
What does the Bible say about holding each other accountable?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 27:17 on the subject of holding each other accountable. Across 8,636 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 6:1-2, James 5:16, Matthew 18:15-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.