Bible Verses About Preparation for Change

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.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.