1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, as a means of spiritual preparation, tighten up the belt about your minds, keep perfectly calm, keep your hope on the spiritual blessing to be conferred upon you at the unveiling of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of everything on earth is near. So be serious and sober minded, that you may give yourselves to prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
Luke 12:35
"You must keep your belts tight and your lamps burning,
Luke 17:30
It will be so on the day when the Son of Man appears
Ephesians 6:14
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
Luke 17:8
but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'?
Luke 21:34-35
But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.
Romans 13:13
Let us live becomingly for people who are in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and licentiousness, nor in quarreling and jealousy.
Romans 15:4-13
For everything that was written in the earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by our patient endurance and through the encouragement the Scriptures bring we might continuously cherish our hope.
1 Corinthians 1:7
so that there is no spiritual gift in which you consciously come short, while you are waiting for the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 13:13
And so these three, faith, hope, and love endure, but the greatest of them is love.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So let us stop sleeping as others do, but let us stay awake and keep sober.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give rest to you who are being crushed with sorrows, along with us, at the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, with His mighty angels
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.
2 Timothy 4:8
Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.
Titus 2:11-13
For God's favor has appeared with its offer of salvation to all mankind,
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ as a Son set over the house of God was faithful; and we are that house, if we keep up our courage and the joy that hope inspires to the very end.
Hebrews 6:19
This hope we have as an anchor for our souls, secure and safe, which reaches up behind the heavenly veil,
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ was offered once for all to take away the sins of many, but again He will appear, without having anything to do with sin, to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him to bring them final salvation.
Hebrews 10:35
So you must never give up your confident courage, for it holds a rich reward for you.
1 Peter 1:3-9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In accordance with His great mercy He has begotten us anew to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;
1 Peter 3:15
but in your hearts be consecrated to Christ as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who asks a reason for the hope you have. But you must do it in gentleness and reverence,
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.