And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah's passover.
and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;