14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

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Acts 1:3

To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Genesis 7:17

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

Genesis 8:6

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Genesis 50:3

Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:28

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Numbers 13:25

When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

1 Kings 19:8

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

Ezekiel 4:6

When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

Jonah 3:4

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

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Isaiah 2:2

Now it will come about that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

Daniel 2:28

However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

Daniel 12:9

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.

Micah 4:1

And it will come about in the last days
That the mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the peoples will stream to it.

Acts 2:17

And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
And your young men shall see visions,
And your old men shall dream dreams;

More verses: 2 Timothy 3:1 2 Peter 3:3

Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

Days » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

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

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

Days » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

Days » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Days » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Acts 1:3

To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Days » Forty days » Christ's temptation

Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

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

Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Acts 1:3

To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Forty days » Christ's temptation

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days

Ezekiel 3:15

Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.

Genesis 2:3

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Genesis 7:4

For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made.”

Acts 21:4

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

Acts 20:6

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years

Psalm 95:10

“For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.

Numbers 14:33

Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.

Exodus 16:35

The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Judges 3:11

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

Ezekiel 29:11

A man’s foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years

Genesis 41:29

Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Daniel 4:23

In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the beasts of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Acts 1:3

To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation

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