23 Bible Verses about A Short Time

(though ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? a vapor, which appeareth for a little while, and then vanisheth away:) whereas ye ought to say,

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them: but wo to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea; for the devil is come down to you, in great rage, knowing that he hath but a short time.

And the devil taking Him up into an high mountain, shewed Him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant,

they said therefore, What is this little while that He speaks of? we do not understand what He means.

for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.

For in finishing the account and cutting it short in righteousness, the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.

For though I grieved you by my letter, I do not repent, though I did repent; for I perceive that that epistle grieved you, though it was but for a little while.

to whom we yielded no submission, not even for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city Babylon, that powerful city! for in one hour is thy judgement come.

And they threw dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and moaning, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all that had ships at sea were enriched by her sumptuous expences! for in one hour she is become desolate.

For they indeed corrected us for a while, as seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, one is, and another is not yet come; and when he cometh, he is to continue but a little while.

And unless those days be shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

And if the Lord did not shorten those days, none could escape: but for the sake of the elect, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened those days.

But this I say, brethren, that the time is short: it remains therefore, that even those, who have wives, be as though they had none;

and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he might deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years be finished: and then he must be loosed for a little time.

For yet a little while, and He, that is coming, will come, and will not delay:

A little while and ye shall not see me: and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.

Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, and therefore said unto them, Are ye enquiring among each other about this, that I said, A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me?

In which ye rejoice, tho' now for a little while, if need be, ye are grieved through various trials.

But may the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a little while, make you perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

For our short and light affliction is working out for us an infinite and eternal weight of glory, as we aim not at the things which are visible, but invisible:

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together and went abroad into a distant country, and there squandered away his substance by living luxuriously.