Here we have collected several Bible verses about Readiness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).
"Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.…
"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and…
"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer" - 1 Peter 4:7 KJV
"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work," - Titus 3:1 KJV
"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" - Romans 13:11 KJV
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" - Revelation 3:20 KJV
"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" - Luke 21:36 KJV
"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you" - Hosea 10:12 KJV
"Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee" -…
"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered…
"Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every…
"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;" - Colossians 4:2 KJV
"Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober" - 1 Thessalonians 5:6 KJV