'Ready' in the Bible

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, “Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon.”

So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him;

and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.

but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

He commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

Then the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”

But the people said, “You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”

Then Joram said, “Get ready.” And they made his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war.

Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.

Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.

A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

A copy of the edict to be issued as law in each and every province was published to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

“Distress and anguish terrify him,They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,The grave is ready for me.

“His strength is famished,And calamity is ready at his side.

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;He has bent His bow and made it ready.

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,They make ready their arrow upon the stringTo shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For I am ready to fall,And my sorrow is continually before me.

For the choir director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.My heart overflows with a good theme;I address my verses to the King;My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

They devise injustices, saying,“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Let Your hand be ready to help me,For I have chosen Your precepts.

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,That they may be ready on your lips.

Prepare your work outsideAnd make it ready for yourself in the field;Afterwards, then, build your house.

For Topheth has long been ready,Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.He has made it deep and large,A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.

That you have forgotten the Lord your Maker,Who stretched out the heavensAnd laid the foundations of the earth,That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,As he makes ready to destroy?But where is the fury of the oppressor?

“Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol,Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes;Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,For the sword has devoured those around you.’

“Make your baggage ready for exile,O daughter dwelling in Egypt,For Memphis will become a desolation;It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.

‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude.

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”