Being prepared

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• Matthew 24:44

  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

• 1 Peter 3:15

  But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

• 1 Corinthians 16:13

  Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

• Proverbs 6:6–8

  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

• Hebrews 11:7

  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

• Matthew 25:13

  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

• Proverbs 22:3

  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

• Romans 13:11–14

  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. …

• 1 John 2:28

  And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

• Matthew 25:1–46

  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: …

• John 14:3

  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

• James 2:24

  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

• Matthew 24:42

  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

• John 16:33

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

• Titus 2:13

  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

• Ephesians 2:10

  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

• Luke 21:36

  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. …

• Colossians 2:8

  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

• 1 Corinthians 15:52

  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

• Psalms 23:4

  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

• Luke 13:3

  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• 1 John 4:1

  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

• Matthew 5:8

  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

• Matthew 25:1–13

  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: …

• Acts 22:16

  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

• Jeremiah 1:5

  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

• Romans 10:9

  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

• Proverbs 21:20

  There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

• James 2:18

  Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

• Amos 4:12

  Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

• Proverbs 27:12

  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

• John 14:6

  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

• 2 Timothy 2:21

  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:6

  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

• Revelation 1:7

  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

• Hebrews 11:1–40

  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. …

• 1 Timothy 5:8

  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

• Matthew 25:46

  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.