Quotes About Accountability

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

For according to a manís deeds He repays him; according to a manís ways He brings consequences.

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

“Do you think this is just? You say, ëI am more righteous than God.í

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.