'How Long' in the Bible

Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?"

Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How long have you lived?"

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?"

So the Lord said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?

The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

"How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed. How long will Asshur take you away captive?"

So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?

The Lord said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons."

Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!" But the people did not say a word.

Then the king, with his consort sitting beside him, replied, "How long would your trip take, and when would you return?" Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, I gave him a time.

"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

"How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)

I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord -- how long will this continue?

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

We do not see any signs of God's presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

I replied, "How long, sovereign master?" He said, "Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

"How long must I see the enemy's battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?"

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, "God will not see what happens to us."

People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?'"

How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal.

How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!'"

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia's power?

How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!

"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'

The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"