23 Bible Verses about A Short Time

Yet you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Rejoice then, O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"

Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is saying."

for John baptized with water, but before many days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

For the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth with speed and finality."

For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret itfor I see that my letter hurt you, though only for a little while

We did not yield to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, 'Woe, woe, the great city, the mighty city, Babylon! In one hour has your judgment come.'

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!'

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

And they are also seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

And if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; so that from now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be released for a short time.

"For yet in a very little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.

"A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me."

Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you asking yourselves about what I meant when I said, 'A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me'?

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.