30 Bible Verses about Preparation
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Be prepared; yea, prepare for yourself, you and all your assembly that 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 receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safety is from Jehovah.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
You prepare a table for 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 in the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.
And it, becoming evening already, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before sabbath,
Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
So I will do this to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
And Jehovah had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Therefore girding up the loins of your mind, being sober, perfectly hope for the grace being brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.
And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband.
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Jehovah; in the morning I will direct my prayer to You, and I will look up.
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
The ordering of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Jehovah.
Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself vessels for exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you shall be exiled from your place to another place before their eyes. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
By faith Noah, having been warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.
Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And Jehovah, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.
For also if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?
Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me.
By faith we understand that the ages were framed by a word of God, so that the things being seen not to have come into being out of the things that appear.
From Thematic Bible
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And on the next day, which was after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered to Pilate,
And it, becoming evening already, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before sabbath,
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Behold your king!
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
How great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You; You have worked for those who trust in You before the sons of men!
And from forever they have not heard, nor did they listen. Eye has not seen a God except You, who works for him who waits for Him.
And Jehovah God prepared a plant, and it came up over Jonah, to be shade over his head, in order to deliver him from his misery. And Jonah rejoiced with great joy over the plant.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A heavenly home
In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "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 shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
And he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come, for 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 you return to Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
But there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the Asherahs out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel saying, If you return to Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
But there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the Asherahs out of the land and have prepared your 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 arrayed in white robes, and from where do they come? And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them 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 came, according to the command of the king, by the words of Jehovah, to clean the house of Jehovah.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brothers and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command of the king, by the words of Jehovah, to clean the house of Jehovah.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No water for the army until ditches were dug
And he said, So says Jehovah, Make this valley full of ditches. For so says Jehovah, You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain. Still that valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, both you and your cattle, and your animals.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Personal purification
Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, 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
And he said, Go, borrow vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few. And you shall go in and shut the door on you and your sons. And you shall pour out into all those vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage.
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 Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come to you, and you shall be clean.
Preparation » Preparation precedes blessing, general illustrations of » No reconciliation without repentance
Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Yes, tear your heart and not your robes, and turn to Jehovah your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities because 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 in mercy; break up your fallow ground. For it is time to seek Jehovah, 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 him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Overflowing blessings
You prepare a table for 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 him who died, said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks. For it is the fourth day.
Preparation » For blessings spiritual preparation, steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he shall 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
And he shall 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 He said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which translated is Sent). Therefore he went and washed and came seeing.
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
For every one 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 my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I know how frail I am.
Preparation For Burial
John 12:7Then Jesus said, Let her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial.
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