14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

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Genesis 7:17

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

Genesis 8:6

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

Genesis 50:3

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.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount, and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

Deuteronomy 9:25

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.

1 Samuel 17:16

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

1 Kings 19:8

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

Ezekiel 4:6

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

Jonah 3:4

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

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Isaiah 2:2

And it shall come to pass in the last of the days or times, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be confirmed as the head of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all the Gentiles shall flow unto it.

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in the heavens who reveals the mysteries, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall happen at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, is this:

Daniel 12:9

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for these words are closed up and sealed until the time of the fulfillment.

Micah 4:1

But it shall come to pass in the last of the times that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the top of the mountains and higher than all the hills, and peoples shall flow unto it.

Acts 2:17

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;

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Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount, and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

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.

Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

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

Days » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

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.

Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

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

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

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

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

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass 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

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

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

Jonah 3:4

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

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

Days » Forty days » Christ's temptation

Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount, and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

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.

Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

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

Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

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.

Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

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

Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

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

Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass 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

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

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

Jonah 3:4

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

Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Forty days » Christ's temptation

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days

Ezekiel 3:15

And I came unto the captives at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there disheartened among them seven days.

Genesis 2:3

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

Genesis 7:4

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

Acts 21:4

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

Acts 20:6

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years

Psalm 95:10

Forty years long I was grieved with this generation and said, It is a people that err from the heart, who have not known my ways;

Numbers 14:33

And your children shall be shepherded in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications until your carcasses are wasted in the wilderness.

Exodus 16:35

Thus the sons of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to a land inhabited; they ate manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Judges 3:11

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

Ezekiel 29:11

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years

Genesis 41:29

Behold, seven years of great plenty are coming throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:54

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

Daniel 4:23

And regarding that which the king saw, one who was a watchman and holy who came down from heaven and said, Hew the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and with a band of iron and of brass let it remain bound in the green grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field until seven times pass over him:

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

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount, and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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

Deuteronomy 9:25

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.

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

1 Samuel 17:16

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

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

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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

Genesis 50:3

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.

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

1 Kings 19:8

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

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

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

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass 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

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

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

Jonah 3:4

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

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation

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