Quotes About Responsibility

Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

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

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widowís eyes to fail,

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

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

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

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

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,