30 Bible Verses about Preparation
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Be thou prepared. Yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled to thee, and be thou a guard to them.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will take you along to myself, so that where I am, ye may be also.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.
Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Behold, I send a [heavenly] agent before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
And now having become evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, pre-Sabbath,
If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
Therefore thus I will do to thee, O Israel, [and] because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
And LORD prepared a great sea creature to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the sea creature three days and three nights.
Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.
Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. And thou shall move from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness according to faith.
preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.
For also if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but thou prepared for me a body.
By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.
From Thematic Bible
Preparation » Day of
Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
And now having become evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, pre-Sabbath,
Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, Look at your king!
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, [what] he has prepared for him who waits for him.
And LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very glad because of the gourd.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A heavenly home
In my Father's house are many dwellings, and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A glorious inheritance
Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to LORD, and serve him only. And he will deli
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set thy heart to seek God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to LORD, and serve him only. And he will deli
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set thy heart to seek God.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No entrance into heaven without cleansing
And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and where did they come from? And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of LORD, to cleanse the house of LORD.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of LORD, to cleanse the house of LORD.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No water for the army until ditches were dug
And he said, Thus says LORD, Make this valley full of trenches. For thus says LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Personal purification
If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No oil until the vessels were gathered
Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And thou shall go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and thou shall set aside that which is full.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No healing until the leper had dipped seven times
And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shall be clean.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No reconciliation without repentance
Yet even now, says LORD, turn ye to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents of the evil.
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 LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No messiah until the way had been prepared
The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Overflowing blessings
Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No resurrection until the stone is removed
Jesus says, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of the man who came to end, says to him, Lord, he smells now, for is the fourth day.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for Lord a people prepared.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for Lord a people prepared.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No vision without obedience
And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
For every man will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt material.
Topics on Preparation
Death, Preparation For
Psalm 39:4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.
Preparation For Burial
John 12:7Jesus therefore said, Let her alone. She has keep it for the day of my burial.