Quotes About Responsibility

though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighborís wife.

Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:

Yet you may ask, ëWhy shouldnít the son bear the iniquity of his father?í Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ëSuppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.í

As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

If I say to the wicked, ëO wicked man, you will surely die,í but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWoe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

ëAs surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!í

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.í

Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ëBehold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.