Preparation

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• 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:

• Proverbs 22:3

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

• 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.

• Proverbs 24:27

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

• 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.

• 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.

• Luke 14:28

  For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

• Matthew 24:44

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

• Romans 12:1–2

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Romans 13:11

  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.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• 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: …

• Matthew 24:13

  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

• Matthew 24:42

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

• Proverbs 21:31

  The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

• 1 Corinthians 16:13

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

• Luke 12:47

  And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

• Ezekiel 38:7

  Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

• Proverbs 16:1–33

  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. …

• 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.

• John 3:16–17

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• Luke 21:9–36

  But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. …

• Mark 15:42

  And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

• Romans 12:2

  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Proverbs 15:22

  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

• Proverbs 20:4

  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• Acts 2:38

  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

• Matthew 24:3

  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

• Proverbs 16:9

  A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

• 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: …

• 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.

• Proverbs 27:12

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

• John 14:2

  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

• John 19:31

  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

• Matthew 24:42–44

  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

• Luke 23:54

  And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Matthew 27:62

  Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,