32 Bible Verses about A Short Time

ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.

and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away --

Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.

And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:

And in his place shall one stand up who shall cause the exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but in a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.

And the devil, leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.

For John indeed baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.

for he is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting it short in righteousness; because a cutting short of the matter will the Lord accomplish upon the earth.

For if also I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if even I have regretted it; for I see that that letter, if even it were only for a time, grieved you.

to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.

standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.

and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate.

For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.

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

and if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his remaining years of service shall he give him back his redemption money.

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.

For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.

A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go away to the Father.

Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me?

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground:

For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.