Wake up! Make yourselves stronger before what you have left dies completely. I have found that what you are doing is less than what my God wants. I know what you do, that you are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or cold! But because you are lukewarm-neither hot, nor cold-I am ready to spit you out of my mouth. I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives. Revelation 3:15-16, 19
But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning. So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you do not change, I will come to you and will take away your lamp stand from its place. Every person who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life, which is in the garden of God. Revelation 2:4-5, 7
Come back to the LORD and say these words to him: "Take away all our sin and kindly receive us, and we will keep the promises we made to you." The LORD says, "I will forgive them for leaving me and will love them freely, because I am not angry with them anymore." A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The LORD'S ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them. Hosea 14:2, 4, 9
Don't add to these commands, and don't leave anything out, but obey the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Obey these laws carefully, in order to show the other nations that you have wisdom and understanding. When they hear about these laws, they will say, "This great nation Israel is wise and understanding." But be careful! Watch out and don't forget the things you have seen. Don't forget them as long as you live, but teach them to your children and grandchildren. Deuteronomy 4:2, 6, 9
Do not change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect. Romans12:2
Innocent people will be kept safe, but those who are dishonest will suddenly by ruined. Proverbs 28:18
The honest person will live in safety, but the dishonest will be caught. The words of a good person give life, like a fountain of water, but the words of the wicked contain nothing but violence. Proverbs 10:9, 11
But if we confess our sins, he will forgive or sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done. If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and we do not accept God's teaching. 1 John 1:9-10
Know in your heart that the LORD your God corrects you as a parent corrects a child. Obey the commands of the LORD you God, living as he has commanded you and respecting him. Be careful not to forget the LORD your God so that you fail to obey his commands, laws, and rules that I am giving to you today. If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship them and bow down to them, I warn you today that you will be destroyed. Deuteronomy 8:5-6, 11, 19
If we had forgotten our God or lifted our hands in prayer to foreign gods, God would have known, because he knows what is in our hearts. Psalm 44:20-21
So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God. But encourage each other every day while it is "today". Help each other so none of you will become hardened because sin has tricked you. Hebrews 3:12-13
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are so slow to understand. By now you should be teachers, but you need someone to teach you again the first lessons of God's message. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food. Hebrews 5:11-12
Be careful that no one fails to receive God's grace and begins to cause trouble among you. A person like that can ruin many of you. Hebrews 12:15
They were made free from the evil in the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they return to evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before. Yes, it would be better for them to have never known the right way than to know it and to turn away from the holy teaching that we given to them. 2 Peter 2:20-21
This is what the LORD says: "Stand where the roads cross and look. Ask where the old way is, where the good way is, and walk on it. If you do, you will find rest for yourselves. But they have said, "We will not walk on the good way." Jeremiah 6:16
Since the time of your ancestors, you have disobeyed my rules and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD All-- powerful. "But you ask, 'How can we return?" Malachi 3:7