Bible Verses About Personal Responsibility
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for personal responsibility, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,914 votes, led by Galatians 6:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Personal Responsibility
Galatians 6:5560 votes
For every man shall bear his own burden.
2 Corinthians 5:10509 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 Timothy 5:8401 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.
Proverbs 28:13264 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
1 Corinthians 13:11239 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.
2 Peter 1:10225 votes
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Colossians 3:23210 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Ezekiel 18:20199 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.
Luke 10:30-37181 votes
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
2 Timothy 1:7180 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Luke 12:48171 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.
Ezra 10:4151 votes
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Luke 10:27150 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Genesis 4:6-7142 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
2 Thessalonians 3:11-18120 votes
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
James 4:17114 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Deuteronomy 28:1-68108 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Galatians 6:889 votes
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Ezekiel 3:18-1972 votes
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Romans 12:1968 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 6:2067 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 18:763 votes
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Luke 16:1062 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.
Proverbs 25:2660 votes
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
2 Corinthians 9:660 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
What does the Bible say about personal responsibility?
Readers most often cite Galatians 6:5 on the subject of personal responsibility. Across 5,914 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:8, Proverbs 28:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.