11 Bible Verses about Lukewarmness
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So because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
You have not gone up into the breaks, nor built the wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
How weak is your heart, says the Lord Jehovah, since you do all these, the work of a woman, an overbearing harlot;
O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
Their heart is divided; now they shall be guilty. He shall break down their altars, and He shall spoil their images.
So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.
And now, I ask you, set your heart on it; from this day and onward, before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of Jehovah;
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 being fulfilled before God.
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Lukewarmness » Figurative
O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like 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 mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
Their heart is divided; now they shall be guilty. He shall break down their altars, and He shall spoil 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 to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
And I contended 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 those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. So you also have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent! But if not I will come to you quickly, and will fight with them by the sword of My mouth.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Thyatira
But I have a few things against you because you allow that woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself to be a prophetess, and to cause My servants to go astray, and to commit fornication, and to eat idol-sacrifices. And I gave her time that she might repent of her fornication, and she did not repent. Behold, I am throwing her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their deeds. read more.
And I will kill her children with death. And all the churches will know that I am He who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak, I will put on you no other burden.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Laodicea
And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God, says these things: I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Sardis
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things. 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 being fulfilled before God. Remember then how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon 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 did you stay among the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of the flocks? For in the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.