Quotes about Responsibility
Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
— 2 Samuel 18:1
And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
— 2 Samuel 19:25
The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
— 2 Samuel 19:29
But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
— 2 Samuel 19:34
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
— 2 Samuel 19:35
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 24:4
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
— 2 Samuel 24:17
And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
— 1 Kings 1:20
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
— 1 Kings 1:21
Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
— 1 Kings 2:9
“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
— 1 Kings 2:18
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
— 1 Kings 2:31