Bible Verses About Being Prepared
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being prepared, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,724 votes, led by Matthew 24:44. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Prepared
Matthew 24:44435 votes
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
1 Peter 3:15263 votes
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 6:6-8215 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
1 Corinthians 16:13213 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Hebrews 11:7195 votes
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 25:13193 votes
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Proverbs 22:3181 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Romans 13:11-14152 votes
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.
1 John 2:28136 votes
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 25:1-46132 votes
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
John 14:3113 votes
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 2:24108 votes
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Matthew 24:4295 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Titus 2:1377 votes
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
John 16:3376 votes
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.
Ephesians 2:1074 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1871 votes
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.
Luke 21:3670 votes
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.
Colossians 2:865 votes
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 15:5260 votes
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 23:454 votes
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.
Philippians 4:1348 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Luke 13:347 votes
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
1 John 4:145 votes
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 25:1-1343 votes
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
What does the Bible say about being prepared?
Readers most often cite Matthew 24:44 on the subject of being prepared. Across 4,724 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:15, Proverbs 6:6-8, 1 Corinthians 16:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.