Quotes About Responsibility

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

his brotherís widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brotherís line.”

ëCursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.

It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ëWho will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?í

And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ëWho will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?í

But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.

One day the donkeys of Saulís father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his fatherís sheep in Bethlehem.

David replied, “Your servant has been tending his fatherís sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,