They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."

He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."

having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.

The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.