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1 Peter 5 8
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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Luke 12:35
“ Be prepared, and keep your lamps lit.
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1 Peter 4 7
The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
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Hebrews 9:28
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
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1 Peter 3 15
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect;
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Titus 2:11-13
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age,looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
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1 Thessalonians 5 6-1 Thessalonians 5 8
so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night.But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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2 Timothy 4 8
in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
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1John 3:3
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Luke 21:34-35
“ But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap;for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth.
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1 Corinthians 1 7
so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Luke 17:30
It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
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2 Timothy 4 5
But as for you, use self restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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1 Peter 1 3-1 Peter 1 9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,obtaining as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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Hebrews 3:6
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house— whose house we are, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the boast of our hope.
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Hebrews 10:35
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
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1 Corinthians 13 13
But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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Hebrews 6:19
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil,
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Romans 13:13
Let’s behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.
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Romans 15:4-13
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus,so that with one purpose and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God.For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision in behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises given to the fathers,and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written:“ Therefore I will give praise to You among the Gentiles, And I will sing praises to Your name.”Again he says,“ Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.”And again,“ Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, And let all the peoples praise Him.”Again Isaiah says,“ There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him will the Gentiles hope.”Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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2 Thessalonians 1 7
and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
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1 Kings 18 46
Then the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he belted his cloak around his waist and outran Ahab to Jezreel.
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Isaiah 11:5
Also righteousness will be the belt around His hips, And faithfulness the belt around His waist.
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Job 40:7
“ Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
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Jeremiah 1:17
Now, belt your garment around your waist and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will make you dismayed before them.
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Exodus 12:11
Now you shall eat it in this way: with your garment belted around your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry— it is the Lord’s Passover.
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Job 38:3
Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man, And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!
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2 Kings 4 29
Then he said to Gehazi,“ Get ready and take my staff in your hand, and go; if you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply to him. And lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
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Luke 17:8
On the contrary, will he not say to him,‘ Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?