14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mount of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

And he said, Go thy way Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mount of the house of the LORD shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed:) and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed:) and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Kebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And we sailed away from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your lewd deeds, until your carcasses shall be wasted in the wilderness.

And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they ate manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet 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 heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times shall pass over him;

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed:) and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.