Quotes about Responsibility
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
— Jeremiah 42:5
and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
— Jeremiah 42:8
For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
— Jeremiah 42:20
For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
— Jeremiah 42:21
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
— Jeremiah 48:10
For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
— Jeremiah 49:12
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
— Lamentations 3:27
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
— Lamentations 4:13
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
— Lamentations 5:7
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
— Lamentations 5:13
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
— Ezekiel 3:4
Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
— Ezekiel 3:11