20 Bible Verses about

Being Responsible

1 Chronicles 9:32 BSB

Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.

Numbers 3:28 BSB

The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

1 Samuel 23:20 BSB

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

Genesis 39:22 BSB

And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

Numbers 7:9 BSB

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

1 Chronicles 9:27 BSB

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Numbers 3:32 BSB

The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

Exodus 21:28 BSB

If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

Genesis 43:9 BSB

I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

Jonah 1:7 BSB

“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Acts 5:28 BSB

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Nehemiah 13:10 BSB

I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

1 Samuel 22:22 BSB

Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.

Numbers 4:27 BSB

All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.