And the hand of the Lord [was] upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to Jezreel.

And Elisha said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go: if you meet any man, you shall not greet him, and if a man greet you, you shall not answer him; and you shall lay my staff on the child's face.

And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

Gird your loins like a man, and I will ask you, and you shall answer Me!

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, stay sober, put your hope fully in the grace brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child; for you shall go to all to whomsoever I shall send you, and according to all [the words] that I shall command you, you shall speak.

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is My word [spoken] to him, let him tell My word truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? So are My words, says the Lord.

And you shall say to him all things that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.

And He said to me, Son of man, receive into your heart all the words that I have spoken to you, and hear [them] with your ears.

And go your way, go in to the captivity, to the children of your people, and you shall speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord; whether they will hear, [or] whether they will refuse.

Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.

how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but declared it to you, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

For I did not draw back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Be not afraid before them; for I am with you, to deliver you, says the Lord.

Let them that persecute me be ashamed, but let me not be ashamed. Let them be alarmed, but let me not be alarmed. Bring upon them the evil day, crush them with double destruction.

And God spoke to Moses, saying, I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that I shall send you forth: when you bring out My people out of Egypt, then you shall serve God in this mountain.

And you, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against you round about, and you dwell in the midst of scorpions), be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for they are a provoking house.

And you shall speak My words to them, whether they will hear or fear; for they are a provoking house.

But suffering before and being spitefully treated at Philippi, just as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much conflict.

And the Spirit lifted me, and took me up, and I went in the impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was mighty upon me.

And after the seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man,

When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you have not warned him, to give warning to the wicked, to turn from his ways, that he should live; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword comes, and takes a soul from among them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I require at the watchman' hand.

When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; [if] you speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

For if I preach the gospel, there is nothing for me to boast about, for necessity is pressed upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!