Bible Verses About The Age Of Accountability

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Clear Bible passage on personal guilt and responsibility.

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

Directly says the son who does right shall live.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Jesus warns against causing little ones who believe in him to sin.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Simple statement that every person gives account to God.

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

Another general judgment text used to frame responsibility before God.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

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And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

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The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

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But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

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Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

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Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

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The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

General judgment passage that fits personal accountability.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

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Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

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I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:

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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

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