Bible Verses About Preparation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for preparation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 32,632 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 Preparation
1 Peter 3:15885 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 22:3826 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 6:6-8801 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 24:27767 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Luke 21:36764 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.
John 16:33695 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.
Luke 14:28628 votes
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 24:44588 votes
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Romans 12:1-2563 votes
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.
Romans 13:11555 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.
2 Timothy 2:15536 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Matthew 25:1-46522 votes
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 24:13521 votes
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 24:42511 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Proverbs 21:31426 votes
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:13424 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Proverbs 16:1-33404 votes
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
Luke 12:47402 votes
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 38:7398 votes
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Hebrews 11:7383 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.
John 3:16-17364 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.
Revelation 1:1323 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:
Luke 21:9-36315 votes
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.
Mark 15:42310 votes
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Romans 12:2303 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about preparation?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 3:15 on the subject of preparation. Across 32,632 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 6:6-8, Proverbs 24:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.