Responsibility
37 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
According to Privilege
- Ezekiel 18:1–30 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- Ezekiel 33:1–19 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- Matthew 10:11–15 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on. …
- Matthew 11:20–24 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. …
- Matthew 12:41–42 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. …
- Matthew 23:31–35 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. …
- Matthew 25:14–30 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. …
- Mark 6:11 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
- Luke 9:5 If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
- Luke 10:10–15 But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, …
- Luke 11:31–32 The Queen of the South will rise at 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 now One greater than Solomon is here. …
- Luke 11:49–51 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ …
- Luke 13:6–9 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. …
- Luke 19:12–27 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return. …
- Luke 21:1–4 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, …
- John 3:18–19 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. …
- John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
- John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
- Acts 17:30–31 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. …
- Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- Ephesians 4:7 Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
Assumed by the Jewish Leaders for the Death of Jesus
- Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Attempts to Shift: Aaron
- Exodus 32:22–24 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil. …
Attempts to Shift: Adam
- Genesis 3:12–13 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” …
Attempts to Shift: Esau
- Genesis 27:36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
- Genesis 25:29–34 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. …
Attempts to Shift: Eve
- Genesis 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
Attempts to Shift: Pontius Pilate
- Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Attempts to Shift: Sarah
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
- Genesis 16:2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Attempts to Shift: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:20–21 “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction. …
Personal
- Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the …
- Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Matthew 12:37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- John 9:41 “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 15:22–24 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. …
- 1 Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
- 1 Corinthians 3:13–15 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. …
- Galatians 6:5 For each one should carry his own load.
- Revelation 2:23 Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.