Responsibility

          answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management; involving accountability; chargeable with being the author, cause or occasion of something; having a capacity for moral decisions; capable of rational thought or action; able to discharge obligations or pay debts; reliable or dependable; competent; honest; capable; trustworthy


          Genesis 3:19
          In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

          Proverbs 12:24
          The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

          Proverbs 19:15
          Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

          Proverbs 22:29
          Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

          Proverbs 31:27
          She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

          I Corinthians 4:2
          Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

          Ephesians 6:5-7
          Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

          Colossians 3:22-23
          Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

          Titus 2:9-10
          Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

          Biblical Examples of Responsibility:

          Rebekah - Genesis 24:15-20

          Rachel - Genesis 29:9-10

          Joseph - Genesis 39:3-6; 39:21-23; 41:41-44

          Joseph's Brothers - Genesis 47:6

          Jeroboam - I Kings 11:28

          Nehemiah - Nehemiah 1:11; 2:1

          Daniel - Daniel 6:1-3; 6:28

          Ruth - Book of Ruth

          Dorcas - Acts 9:36

          Stories on Responsibility

          Over in the Meadow
               Oliver A. Wadsworth

          St. George and the Dragon
               

          King Alfred and the Cakes
               Baldwin

          Sir Walter Raleigh
               Baldwin

          The Children's Hour
               Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

          Which Loved Best
               Joy Allison

          Icarus and Daedalus
               

          The Conscience of the Nation
               Frederick Douglas

          The Ten Commandments

          The Charge of the Light Brigade
               Alfred Tennyson

          The Declaration of Independence
               Thomas Jefferson

          My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
          The Temple of the Holy Spirit

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