15 Bible Verses about Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming

ye yourselves like men waiting for their lord's return from a wedding, that they may immediately open the door to him, when he comes and knocks.

And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly: and grant that your whole frame, spirit, soul, and body may be kept blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I charge thee before God, who giveth life to all, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate, that thou keep this commandment, unspotted and blameless, till the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ; which He will manifest in his own times, who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords,

But do thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, piety, fidelity, love, patience, meekness. Maintain the glorious combat of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast made a good profession before many witnesses. I charge thee before God, who giveth life to all, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate,read more.
that thou keep this commandment, unspotted and blameless, till the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ; which He will manifest in his own times, who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

Watch ye therefore; for ye know not when the master of the house cometh: (in the evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:)

Wait patiently therefore, my brethren, till the coming of the Lord: behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it, till he receive the former and the latter rain.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast, and then the door was shut.

Let us rejoice and exult and give glory to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning, and

Therefore let us not sleep like others, but let us watch and be sober:

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain, moderate, not quarrelsome, not covetous, governing his own family well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;read more.
(for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) not one newly converted, least being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. He ought also to have an honorable testimony from those that are without, least he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. (And let these also first be proved, then let them take the office of deacons, if they be found blameless.) And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.

but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;

that aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in the faith, in love, in patience: the aged women likewise in behaviour as becometh saints, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good; that they may instruct the young women to be temperate, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be prudent,read more.
chaste, keepers at home, good, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. Exhort the young men in like manner to be temperate: in all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, with uncorruptness in teaching, gravity, sound doctrine that cannot be condemned; that he who opposeth it may be ashamed, having no evil to say of you. Exhort servants to submit to their masters, to be obsequious in all things, not answering frowardly, not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men; teaching us that denying ungodliness, and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in this present world;

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and stedfastly hope for the grace to be conferred upon you at the appearing of Jesus Christ;

But the end of all things draws nigh: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer: