Bible Verses About Being Ready
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being ready, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 31,040 votes, led by 1 Peter 3:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Ready
1 Peter 3:151,072 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:
Matthew 24:44928 votes
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 25:13709 votes
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Proverbs 20:4601 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Luke 12:40592 votes
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
John 14:3573 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.
Luke 21:28535 votes
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Matthew 24:42498 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
John 16:33470 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.
1 Corinthians 16:13462 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Revelation 1:1458 votes
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:
Proverbs 22:3450 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Luke 21:36448 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.
Proverbs 6:6-8427 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Hebrews 11:7409 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.
1 Peter 5:8398 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 2:27398 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Titus 3:5384 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Revelation 19:7-9384 votes
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
John 3:16-17381 votes
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.
2 Timothy 4:2379 votes
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
1 John 2:28365 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 24:1-51361 votes
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Revelation 1:7342 votes
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.
Matthew 25:1-13333 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 ready?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 3:15 on the subject of being ready. Across 31,040 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 24:44, Matthew 25:13, Proverbs 20:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.