Age of Accountability

10 passages

1. Deuteronomy 1:39

   And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

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2. James 4:17

   Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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3. Matthew 19:14

   But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

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4. Romans 14:12

   So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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5. Ezekiel 18:20

   The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

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6. Isaiah 7:16

   For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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7. Proverbs 20:11

   Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

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8. Matthew 18:3

   “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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9. Psalm 58:3

   The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

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10. Romans 3:23

    for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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