Quotes About Preparation

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.

The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the kingís service.

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

Then it says, ëI will return to the house I left.í On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

ëFriend,í he asked, ëhow did you get in here without wedding clothes?í But the man was speechless.

See, I have told you in advance.

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

ëNo,í said the wise ones, ëor there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.í

But he replied, ëTruly I tell you, I do not know you.í