11 Bible Verses about Lukewarmness
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So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, says the LORD.
You have not gone up into the breaches, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
How weak is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of a brazen harlot;
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto you? O Judah, what shall I do unto you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images.
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
And now, I pray you, consider from this day onward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God.
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Lukewarmness » Figurative
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto you? O Judah, what shall I do unto you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, says the LORD.
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images.
Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » The jews under nehemiah
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Pergamos
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Thyatira
Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her time to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. read more.
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say; I will put upon you no other burden.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Laodicea
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would that you were cold or hot. So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Sardis
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things says he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » The reubenites, when deborah called on them to assist sisera
Why abode you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.