Quotes about Responsibility
Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
— 2 Samuel 15:16
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
— 2 Samuel 15:33
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
— 2 Samuel 16:2
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