30 Bible Verses about Preparation
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Be prepared, and be prepared for thyself, thou, and all thy convocation convoked together to thee, and be to them for watching.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, again I come, and I will receive you to myself; that where I am, ye might be also.
For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.,
Thou wilt set in order a table before me in front of mine enemies: thou madest fat mine head with oil; my cup being satisfied with drink.
Behold, I send a messenger before thee to guard thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I prepared.
If thou preparedst thy heart, and didst spread thy hands towards him;
And being already evening, for it was the preparation, which is before sabbath,
If therefore any cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel for honour, consecrated, and useful for the master, prepared for every good work.
For this, thus will I do to thee, O Israel: because that I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
And Jehovah will prepare a great fish to swallow down Jonah: and Jonah will be in-the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, living abstemiously, hope perfectly upon the grace brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ;
But as has been written. Which the eye saw not, and the ear heard not, and upon the heart of man it came not up, what things God has prepared for them loving him.
Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
O Jehovah, the morning thou wilt hear my voice; the morning I will set in order to thee, and I will look about.
And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?
And thou Son of man, make to thee vessels of captivity and emigrate by day before their eyes; and emigrating from thy place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see if they are a house of contradiction.
By faith Noah, having an intimation of the divine will of things not yet seen, being circumspect, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; by which he condemned the world, and by faith became an heir of justice.
Proclaim the word; keep fixed seasonably, and unseasonably; refute, censure, beseech, in all longsnffering and teaching.
The voice of him calling in the desert, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the sterile region a highway for our God.
Behold me sending my messenger, and he looked upon the way before my face: and suddenly Jehovah whom ye seek shall come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in: behold him coming, said Jehovah of armies.
For also if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
Wherefore coming into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering then wouldest not, but a body hast thou adjusted to me:
By faith we perceive that the times were adjusted by the word of God, so that things seen have been born not of things brought to light.
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And in the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate
And being already evening, for it was the preparation, which is before sabbath,
And it was the preparation of the pascha, and about the sixth hour: and he says to the Jews, Behold your King!
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
How much thy goodness which thou didst conceal for them fearing thee; thou didst work for those putting their trust in thee before the sons of man.
From forever they heard not, they gave not ear, the eye saw not, O God, besides thee, he will do to him waiting for him.
And Jehovah God will appoint a gourd, and it will come up from above to Jonah to be a shadow over his head to deliver to him from his evil. And Jonah will rejoice over the gourd with great joy.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A heavenly home
In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And now they feel an ardent desire for a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he prepared for them a city.
But as has been written. Which the eye saw not, and the ear heard not, and upon the heart of man it came not up, what things God has prepared for them loving him.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A glorious inheritance
Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to the called, Come; for all things are already prepared.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel will say to all the house of Israel, saying, If with all your heart ye turn back to Jehovah, remove the strange gods out of the midst of you, and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of Philisteim.
But good words were found with thee, for thou didst burn the images from the land, and didst prepare heart to seek God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel will say to all the house of Israel, saying, If with all your heart ye turn back to Jehovah, remove the strange gods out of the midst of you, and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of Philisteim.
But good words were found with thee, for thou didst burn the images from the land, and didst prepare 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, These having put round white robes, who are they? and whence came they And I said to him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they coming out of great pressure, and they washed their robes, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
And they will gather their brethren, and they will consecrate themselves, and they will come according to the command of the king in the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they will gather their brethren, and they will consecrate themselves, and they will come according to the command of the king in the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No water for the army until ditches were dug
And he will say, Thus said Jehovah, Make this torrent, pits, pits. for thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, and ye shall not see rain; and that torrent shall be full of water, and ye drunk, and your possessions, and your cattle.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Personal purification
If therefore any cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel for honour, consecrated, and useful for the master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If therefore any cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel for honour, consecrated, and useful for the master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No oil until the vessels were gathered
And he will say, Go ask for thyself vessels from without from all thine dwelling near; empty vessels; thou shalt not be little. And come in and shut the door after thee and after thy sons, and thou shalt pour into all these vessels, and the full thou shalt remove.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No healing until the leper had dipped seven times
And Elisha will send a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan and, thy flesh shall: turn back to thee and be clean.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No reconciliation without repentance
And also now, says Jehovah, Turn back even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with wailing. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn back to Jehovah your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, slow of anger and of much kindness, and lamenting on account of the evil.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No harvest until the ground had been broken up
Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No messiah until the way had been prepared
The voice of him calling in the desert, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the sterile region a highway for our God.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Overflowing blessings
Thou wilt set in order a table before me in front of mine enemies: thou madest fat mine head with oil; my cup being satisfied with drink.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No resurrection until the stone is removed
Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he already smells: for it is the fourth day.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he shall come before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the intelligence of the just; to prepare a people having been put in order for the Lord.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he shall come before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the intelligence of the just; to prepare a people having been put in order for the Lord.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No vision without obedience
And said to him, Retire, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is interpreted, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
For all shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Topics on Preparation
Death, Preparation For
Psalm 39:4O Jehovah, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I shall know how I fail.
Preparation For Burial
John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her go; for the day of my interment has she kept this.