Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
General references
Bible References
Forty
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I'll send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I'll destroy every living creature that I've made."
Exodus 24:18
When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
Deuteronomy 9:9
Then I went up to the mountain to receive the two stone Tablets of the Covenant that the LORD had established with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights without eating food or drinking water.
Deuteronomy 10:10
When I stood on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights as I did the first time, the LORD listened to me once again. The LORD was not willing to destroy you.
1 Kings 19:8
So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.
Matthew 4:2
After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry.
General references
Genesis 7:17
The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the earth.
Job 36:28
When the clouds pour down; they drop their rain on all of humanity.