14 Bible Verses about Complacency
Most Relevant Verses
and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.
that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven;
IT is commonly reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not among the gentiles, that a man should have his father's wife. And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from among you.
And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand;
But they neglected it, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise;
And Peter answered and said to him, If all men shall be offended with you, I will not.
And that servant who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And from any one to whom much is given, much will be demanded; and of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more.
And they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused.
You are already full, you are already enriched; you have reigned without us; and I would that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. Because therefore you are warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates?
how shall we escape who have neglected so great a salvation? which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was affirmed to us by those who heard,
