21 Bible Verses about Short Time For Action

and dwell with him a few days until thy brother's fury turns away,

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation is overpast.

And now as for a brief moment there has been the mercy of the LORD our God, to leave us an escape, and that we may be given a stake in his holy sanctuary that our God may illuminate our eyes and give us a little preservation of life in our bondage.

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and there is no strength to stand in the street; neither is this a work of one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Is this to be permitted them? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish on time? Will they resurrect the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which were burned?

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

With the province in peace and in abundance, he shall enter and do that which his fathers have never done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall distribute prey and spoil and riches to his soldiers; and against the fortresses he shall forecast his devices, even for a time.

Then shall succeed in his throne a taker of taxes who shall be the glory of the kingdom, but within few days he shall be broken, neither in anger, nor in battle.

And the devil took him up into a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the sphere of the world in a moment of time.

They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot understand what he says.

For John truly baptized in water, but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

when the consumption comes to an end, righteousness shall overflow, because a short sentence will the Lord execute upon the earth.

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent; for I perceive that the same epistle has made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

Unto whom we did not submit even for one hour that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city; for in one hour is thy judgment come!

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster and all the company in ships and sailors and as many as trade by sea stood afar off

And they cast dust on their heads and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her riches! for in one hour is she made desolate.

For they verily for a few days chastened us as it seemed good unto them, but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

And they are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.