9 Bible Verses about Preparing For Action

Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind; be watchful, and hope constantly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: It is the Lord. And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girded on his outer coat, for he had on his inner garment only, and threw himself into the sea.

but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and made ready; there make ready for us.

Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rulers, to be ready for every good work,

Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.

And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.