9 Bible Verses about Half Heartedness

in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

But I have [this] against you: that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do {the works you did at first}. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of Yahweh God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam [by] which he caused Israel to sin.

Then he said, "Take the arrows," so he took [them]. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground," so he struck three times and stopped.

[Yet] the man of God became angry against him and said, "For striking five or six times, then you would have defeated Aram until finishing [them], but now you will defeat Aram [only] three times."

Only the high places were not removed. The people still had not yet set their heart on the God of their ancestors.

And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not with a fully-devoted heart.

Yet even in all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, {but only} in pretense," {declares} Yahweh.

Their heart is false; now they must bear [their] guilt. He himself will break down their altars; he will destroy their stone pillars.