30 Bible Verses about Preparation
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"'"Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
"Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
"If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.
"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ?
But as it is written, No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
LORD, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared?whose will they be?'
Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness. Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes." says the LORD of hosts.
Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you prepared a body for me;
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
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Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your King."
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men.
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, and neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
The LORD God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A heavenly home
In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it weren't so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
But as it is written, No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A glorious inheritance
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Abandonment of idols
Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you do return to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you do return to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No entrance into heaven without cleansing
One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" So I said to him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No water for the army until ditches were dug
He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley full of trenches.' For thus says the LORD, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Personal purification
If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No oil until the vessels were gathered
Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Do not borrow just a few. You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those containers; and you shall set aside that which is full."
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Look, I have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."'
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No healing until the leper had dipped seven times
Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No reconciliation without repentance
"Yet even now," says the LORD, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No harvest until the ground had been broken up
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No messiah until the way had been prepared
The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness. Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Overflowing blessings
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No resurrection until the stone is removed
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Returning unto the lord
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No vision without obedience
and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
Topics on Preparation
Death, Preparation For
Psalm 39:4"LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Preparation For Burial
John 12:7But Jesus said, "Leave her alone, that she may keep this for the day of my burial.