14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.

But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;

But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.

And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.

And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.

And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;

And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years.

And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.

And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.