20 Bible Verses about accounting

So each one of us must give an account of himself to God.

But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'

Not that I want your gifts, but I want you to have the profits that will accumulate to your credit.

Long afterward, their master came back and settled accounts with them.

And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars.

For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

For we must all appear in our true characters before the tribunal of the Christ, each to be repaid with good or evil for the life he has lived in the body.

Then he called in each of his master's debtors, and he said to the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'

and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

Now further, what is always demanded of managers is that they can be depended on.

but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus,

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

And he said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and it was reported to him that this man was squandering his property.

I mean to have no one able to find any fault with the way I handle this munificence.

It is true sin was in the world before the Law was given, and men are not charged with sin where there is no law.

As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."

It is faith that enables us to see that the universe was created at the command of God, so that the world we see did not simply arise out of matter.