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'Twinkling of an Eye' in the Bible

the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye?

Verse ConceptsemptinessTransient WorldProsperity Of The WickedHypocrisy

When the rich man dieth, he carrieth nothing with him: he is gone in the twinkling of an eye.

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands.

Verse ConceptsMidnightSudden Death

So go now my people into thy chamber, and shut the door to thee, and suffer now the twinkling of an eye, till the wrath be overpast.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationA Short TimeShutting DoorsHiding From GodShort Time For ActionSpeed Of God's AngerPraying Behind Closed Doors

And yet both these things shall come to thee upon one day, in the twinkling of an eye: Namely widowhood, and desolation. They shall mightily fall upon thee, for the multitude of thy witches, and for the great heap of thy conjurers.

Verse ConceptsPleasure SeekersSuddenlyBereavementDeath Of A ChildLosing SomeonemagicwitchesOccult Being Powerless Before God

They cry murder upon murder; the whole land shall perish. Immediately my tents were destroyed, and my hangings, in the twinkling of an eye.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

Then he led Jesus up [to a high mountain] and displayed before Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth [and their magnificence] in the twinkling of an eye.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristA Short TimeAll NationsShort Time For ActionThings RevealedThe Devil Tempting PeopleThe DevilBeauty And Self WorthResisting Temptationharassment

Listen, I will tell you God's hidden purpose! We shall not all have passed to our rest, but we shall all be transformed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,

Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsMysteryPeople TransformedNot DyingDeath Of The RighteousPeople Who Didn't DieDying

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