Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

General references

Bible References

Gird

Exodus 12:11
Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste—it is the Lord’s Passover.
1 Kings 18:46
Then the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel.
2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the lad’s face.”
Job 38:3
“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
Job 40:7
“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
Isaiah 11:5
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
Jeremiah 1:17
Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.
Luke 12:35
Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
Luke 17:8
But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?
Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Be sober

1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Luke 21:34
Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
Romans 13:13
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

The grace

1 Peter 1:4
to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
Luke 17:30
It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
1 Corinthians 1:7
so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
2 Timothy 4:8
in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 10:35
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

General references

Luke 17:30
It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.