46 Bible Verses about Readiness

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.

And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and called many; And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to the called, Come; for all things are already prepared.

Who by the power of God watching ourselves by faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Call ye this among the nations: Consecrate war; rouse up the strong ones, they shall draw near, all the men of war shall come up. Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: the weak shall say, I am strong.

And it will be when he heard this word he was drinking, and the kings in the booths; and he will say to his servants, Set ye. And they will set against the city.

And these the numbers of heads drawn out for the army, they came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of Jehovah. The sons of Judah lifting up the shield and spear six thousand and eight hundred drawn out for the army. From the sons of Simeon, strong ones of power for the army, seven thousand and one hundred.read more.
From the sons of Levi four thousand and six hundred. And Jehoida the leader to Aaron and with him three thousand seven hundred. And Zadok a youth strong of power, and the house of his father twenty and two chiefs. And from the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and hitherto from many of them watching the watches of the house of Saul From the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred strong ones of power, men of names to the house of their fathers. And from half the tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand who were distinguished by names, to come to make David king. And from the sons of Issachar, those knowing the understanding to the times to know what Israel shall do; their heads two hundred; and all their brethren at their mouth. From Zebulon coming forth to the army, setting the battle in array with all the utensils of war, fifty thousand to set in order, with not a heart and a heart. And from Naphtali a thousand chiefs, and with them with shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand. And from the Danites setting the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

And Amaziah will gather Judah together, and set them up for the house of the fathers for chiefs of thousands, and for chiefs of hundreds, to all Judah and Benjamin: and he will review them from the son of twenty years and above, and he will find them three hundred thousand chosen going forth to war, holding spear and shield.

Polish the arrows; fill the quivers: Jehovah roused up the spirit of the kings of the Males: for his purpose is against Babel, to destroy her; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple. Lift ye up a signal against the walls of Babel, strengthen the watch, set up the watchers, prepare the ambushes: for Jehovah also purposed and also did what he spake to the inhabitants of Babel.

And his sons shall gather themselves together, and they collected a multitude of many forces: and he coming, came and overflowed, and through: and he will turn back, and they shall gather themselves together even to his fortress.

Put on the complete armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the artifices of the accuser. For the wrestling is not to us against blood and flesh, but against beginnings, against powers, against the chiefs of the world of darkness of this life, against spiritual things of wickedness in heavenly things. For this take up the complete armor of God, that ye might be able to withstand in the evil day, and having effected all things, to stand.read more.
Stand therefore, having girded your loins around with truth, and put on the armor of justice; And fastened under the feet in preparation of the good news of peace; Over all, having taken the shield of faith, in which ye shall be able to quench all the inflamed darts of evil. And take ye the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: By all prayer and supplication praying in all time in Spirit, and for this same watching vigilantly in all perseverance and supplication for the holy:

Be abstemious, watch; for your adversary the accuser, as a roaring lion, walks around, seeking whom he might swallow down:

To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting of David. I said, I will watch my way from sinning with my tongue: I will watch for my mouth with a muzzle while yet the unjust one is before me.

Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.

Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak.

And he said to them, Why sleep ye? having risen, pray that ye might not enter into temptation.

Therefore let him seeming to stand see that he fall not.

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death; and Isaiah son of Amos the prophet will come in to him, and he will say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Command to thy house, for thou art dying, and thou shalt not live.

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah son of Amos, the prophet, will come in to him, and say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Command to thy house, for thou diest, and shalt not live.

And Israel will say to Joseph, Now will I die, after I saw thy face, because thou art yet living.

And Paul answered, What do ye weeping and breaking my heart? for I not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, have prepared for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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;

And Aaron lifted up the Levites, a lifting up before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel; and they were to serve the service of Jehovah.

And she will rise and worship with the face to the earth, and say, Behold, thy servant for a servant to wash the feet of my lord's servants.

I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work.

And not only, but also the hand stretched out by the churches for our fellow-traveller with this grace, served by us to the glory of the same Lord, and to your forwardness:

For I know your forwardness, which I boast of for you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from last year; and zeal from you excited the many more.

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.

Remind them to be subordinate to beginnings and powers, to yield obedience to authority, to be prepared for every good work,

And consecrate the Lord God in your hearts: and being ready always for a justification to every one asking you the word of the hope in you with meekness and fear:

Incline thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and thou shalt set thy heart to my knowledge. For pleasant things if thou shalt watch them in thy belly; they shall be prepared together for thy lips.

And thou shalt gird thy loins and rise and speak to them all that I shall command thee: thou shalt not be terrified from their face lest I shall break thee before them.

Proclaim the word; keep fixed seasonably, and unseasonably; refute, censure, beseech, in all longsnffering and teaching.

And now, little children, remain in him; that, when he be manifested, we might have freedom of speech, that we be not shamed from him in his presence.

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined. Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, which the Lord will set over his household, to give the allowance of wheat in due time? Happy that servant, which his Lord, having come, shall find so doing. Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all his possessions.read more.
And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated; The lord of that servant shall come in a day which he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not, and he will cut him in two equal parts, and set his portion with the unbelieving.

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom. And five of them were discerning, and five foolish. Those foolish having taken their lanterns, took no oil with them.read more.
And the discerning took oil in their vessels with their lanterns. And the bridegroom delaying, they all slumbered and slept. And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting. Then all these virgins were aroused, and put their lanterns in order. And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched. And the discerning answered, saying, Lest it should not suffice us and you: but go ye rather to those selling, and buy for yourselves. And they, going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they prepared, went in with him to the nuptials; and the door was locked. And afterwards came also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. And he having answered said, Truly I say to you, I know you not.

See, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. As a man travelling, having left his house, and having given power to his servants, and to each his work, and he commanded the guard of the door that he should watch. Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at eve, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or morning.read more.
Lest having come suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch ye.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him. Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them.read more.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants. And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined. And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.

And we, being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the coat of mail of faith and love; and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Behold, I come swiftly: hold what thou hast, that none take thy crown.

(Behold, I come as a thief. Happy he watching, and keeping his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

Let us rejoice, and be transported with joy, and let us give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb came, and his wife prepared herself.

And that servant having known his lord's will, and not prepared, neither having done his will, shall be skinned with many. And he not having known, and having done things worthy of blows, shall be skinned with few. And to every one to whom much was given, shall much be required of him: and with whom they have deposited much, they will ask of him the more.

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.

Who shall return the word to him holding in readiness to judge the living and the dead.