Quotes about Responsibility
I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
— Ecclesiastes 3:10
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
— Ecclesiastes 5:5
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
— Ecclesiastes 5:9
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
— Ecclesiastes 8:2
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
— Ecclesiastes 8:11
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
— Ecclesiastes 10:18
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
— Ecclesiastes 12:13
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
— Song of Solomon 1:6
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
— Song of Solomon 8:12
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
— Isaiah 1:12
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
— Isaiah 1:23
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
— Isaiah 3:4