14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

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Genesis 7:17

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark high above the earth.

Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he constructed in the ark.

Genesis 50:3

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

Numbers 13:25

Forty days later they returned from exploring the land.

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you.

1 Samuel 17:16

Each morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and made his challenge.

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Ezekiel 4:6

After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days.

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Isaiah 2:2

In the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established as the highest of the mountains and exalted above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.

Daniel 12:9

He replied: Go your way, Daniel for the words are kept secret and sealed till the time of the end.

Micah 4:1

It will happen in the last days! The mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established above the top of the mountains. It will be exalted above the hills. Peoples will flow to it.

Acts 2:17

It will come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. (Greek: apo, from) Your sons and your daughters will prophesy (proclaim God's Word). Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

More verses: 2 Timothy 3:1 2 Peter 3:3

Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you.

Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

Each morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and made his challenge.

Days » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

Forty days later they returned from exploring the land.

Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark high above the earth.

Days » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he constructed in the ark.

Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

Days » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days.

Days » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Days » Forty days » Christ's temptation

Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you.

Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

Each morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and made his challenge.

Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

Forty days later they returned from exploring the land.

Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark high above the earth.

Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he constructed in the ark.

Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days.

Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Forty days » Christ's temptation

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days

Ezekiel 3:15

I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles that lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned among them.

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.

Acts 21:4

Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days. Guided by the Spirit the disciples urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

Acts 20:6

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread. Five days later we met them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years

Psalm 95:10

For forty years I was grieved with this generation. I said: It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.

Numbers 14:33

Your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert.

Exodus 16:35

The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Judges 3:11

There was peace in the land for forty years until Othniel died.

Ezekiel 29:11

A man's foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years

Genesis 41:29

Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.

Genesis 41:54

The seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.

Daniel 4:23

Since the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven saying: Chop down the tree, and destroy it. Leave the stump and the roots in the earth. With a band of iron and brass leave it in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven. Let its portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over it.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

Each morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and made his challenge.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

Forty days later they returned from exploring the land.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark high above the earth.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he constructed in the ark.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation

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