27 Bible Verses about Responsibility, To God

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so came upon all men because all sinned,??13 for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin is not accounted where there is no law

For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ also shall all be made alive.

For the law supervened that the fall might abound; but where the sin abounded the grace was superabundant,

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary I knew not sin except through the law; for I had not known inordinate desire, unless the law had said, You shall not desire inordinately. But Sin having taken occasion through the commandment wrought in me every inordinate desire; for without the law sin was dead. And I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died,

What then? The law was added on account of transgressions, till the offspring should come to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by the hand of a mediator.

But I tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You fool, shall be subject to the hell of fire.

But the things which proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the man. For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies:

But I tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment; for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

Judge nothing therefore before the time, till the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden deeds of darkness, and make known the purposes of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise from God.

Each of us therefore shall give account of himself to God.

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that each one may receive through the body for what he has done, whether it is good or evil.

who shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the living and dead.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And from any one to whom much is given, much will be demanded; and of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more.

And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers; but what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished. Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

For his invisible [attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they have no defense,

Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds,

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

saying, The time is completed, and the kingdom of God is at hand; change your minds and believe in the good news.

And going out, they preached that [men] should change their minds,

and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day, and that a change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.

Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in a day of judgment than for you.read more.
And you, Capernaum, which are exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in a day of judgment, than for you.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall arise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

He that rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day.