23 Bible Verses about A Short Time

(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea! for the Devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

And taking him up, he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We do not know what he is speaking of.

for John indeed baptized with water, but ye will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

For he is accomplishing his word and speedily fulfilling it in righteousness; for a speedily fulfilled word will the Lord execute upon the earth."

For though I caused you sorrow with the letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I perceive that that letter caused you sorrow, though it was but for a short time.

to whom not even for an hour did we yield by the required subjection, that the truth of the gospel might still remain with you.

standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city! Babylon, the mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: Alas, alas, the great city, whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

And they are seven kings; five of them are fallen, one is; the other is not yet come, and when he hath come, he must remain a short time.

And were not those days to shortened, no flesh would be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen, these days will be shortened.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen whom he chose, he shortened the days.

But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;

and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up and set a seal over him, that he may deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years are ended: after that he must be loosed for a short time.

For yet a very little while, and "he that is to come will come, and will not tarry.

A little while, and ye no longer behold me; and again a little while, and ye will see me.

Jesus knew that they were desirous of asking him, and said to them, Is it of this that ye are inquiring of one another, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye will See me?

wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a short time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials,

But the God of all grace, who called you to his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, will, after ye have suffered a while, himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting weight of glory;

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country; and there wasted his substance in riotous living.