'Ready' in the Bible

For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight!’”

Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight.’”

And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight.

You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

But he said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!”

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.

Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”

So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”

And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised bountiful gift, so that the same would be ready as a bountiful gift and not affected by covetousness.

and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;

but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.