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RESPONSIBILITY

(See also ACCOUNTABILITY; JUDGMENT; STEWARDSHIP)

evasion of responsibility:

by trying to shift responsibility to another

♦ by Adam to Eve

• Genesis 3:12

♦ by Eve to the serpent

• Genesis 3:13

♦ by Sarah to Abraham

• Genesis 16:5 (cf. v. 2)

♦ by Esau to Jacob

• Genesis 27:36 (cf. 25:29-34)

♦ by Aaron to the people

• Exodus 32:21-24 (cf. 32:1-6)

♦ by Saul to the people

• 1 Samuel 15:20-21

♦ by Pilate to the Jews

• Matthew 27:24

♦ by denying responsibility for another

• Genesis 4:9

areas of responsibility:

♦ of Joseph for prisoners:

• Genesis 39:22

♦ of one person for another:

• Genesis 43:8-9; 1 Kings 20:35-43

♦ of certain priests and Levites for the tabernacle and related articles:

• Numbers 4:16; 1 Chronicles 9:31

♦ of certain Israelites for a covenant to put away foreign wives:

• Ezra 10:3-4

♦ of individuals for themselves:

• Ezekiel 14:14-20; 18:20, 30; 33:1-19; Matthew 12:36-37; Romans 14:12; Galatians 6:5; 1 Peter 4:5

♦ of a watchman to warn people:

• Ezekiel 33:1-9

♦ of parents to save up for their children:

• 2 Corinthians 12:14

acceptance of responsibility:

♦ by David for the pestilence on Israel:

• 2 Samuel 24:15-17

♦ by the Jews for Jesus death:

• Matthew 27:25

basis of responsibility:

♦ according to opportunity:

• Ezekiel 33:1-5; Matthew 10:11-15; 25:14-30; Luke 12:47-48; John 12:48; 15:22, 24; Acts 17:30-31; James 4:17

♦ according to ability:

• Matthew 25:15; Luke 21:1-4; Romans 12:3, 6-8

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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