14 Bible Verses about Forty Days
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To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.
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Days » Forty days » The last
It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Days » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
Days » Forty days » Flood lasted
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Days » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
Days » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Days » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
Days » Forty days » Christ's temptation
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.
Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
Forty days » Flood lasted
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
Forty days » Christ's temptation
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
Then I came to them of the exiles at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.
The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years
Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, 'Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.