the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
the LORD God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
"Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.'"
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
"Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of the LORD.
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says the LORD of Armies.
As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?"
His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don't be grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
"'Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil:
When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD;
According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to everyone according to their number.
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
God met Balaam: and he said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar."
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD.
Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
the LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.
There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."
Be silent at the presence of the Lord the LORD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
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