Quotes About Responsibility

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

A man will seize his brother within his fatherís house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

Woe to him who says to his father, ëWhat have you begotten?í or to his mother, ëWhat have you brought forth?í”