100 Bible Verses About Preparation
Bible verses about Preparation
Scripture reminds us that preparation is not merely a worldly endeavor, but a spiritual discipline, a testament to our faith and wisdom. Through diligent preparation, guided by the Holy Spirit, we honor God by stewarding our time, talents, and resources. These verses illuminate the profound importance of readying our hearts and minds for opportunities, challenges, and ultimately, eternity. Let the wisdom found within these passages inspire you to approach each day with intention, seeking God's guidance in preparing for His divine purpose in your life. Embrace preparation as an act of worship, a tangible expression of your trust in His unwavering provision and plan.
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Leviticus 1:6 (KJV)
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
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Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
And he put them all together into ward three days.
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
In essence, these Bible verses on preparation reveal a God who values foresight, diligence, and spiritual readiness. They underscore the importance of preparing our hearts and minds for the opportunities and challenges life presents, both temporal and eternal. Whether it's building a physical structure, cultivating wisdom, or strengthening our faith, preparation is not merely a practical strategy, but an act of obedience and trust in God's providence. May these verses encourage you to reflect on your own life and identify areas where you can better prepare. Let us be diligent in sowing good seeds, building on solid foundations, and maintaining a heart ready to receive God's blessings and navigate His will, knowing that diligent preparation, combined with faith, yields a harvest of abundance and enduring strength.