Bible verses about "accountability" | MNT

Matthew 7:3-5

3 "And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye? 4 "Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to remove the mote from your eye,' when, behold, the beam is in your own eye? 5 "Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.

Luke 12:47-48

47 "The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes, 48 "but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 16:10-12

10 "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much. 11 "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches? 12 "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

Hebrews 4:13

13 And there is not a creature hidden form him, but all things are naked and laid prostrate before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Matthew 12:36-37

36 "I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment. 37 "For by your words you will each be justified, and by your words be condemned."

Luke 17:3

3 "Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.

James 5:16

16 So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

11 So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.

Romans 14:12

12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Galatians 6:1-5

1 Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Ever be bearing one another's burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ. 3 If a man fancies himself to be somebody when he is really nobody he is deceiving himself. 4 Let each one test his own work, and he will then have something to be proud of by comparing himself with himself, and not with any one else; 5 for every one must carry his own pack load.

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