14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

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Genesis 7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Genesis 50:3

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Ezekiel 4:6

And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

Jonah 3:4

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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Isaiah 2:2

And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Daniel 2:28

but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

Daniel 12:9

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.

Micah 4:1

But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

Acts 2:17

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

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Exodus 34:28

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Days » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

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

Jonah 3:4

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied

Genesis 50:3

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

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

Jonah 3:4

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection

Forty days » Christ's temptation

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days

Ezekiel 3:15

Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

Acts 21:4

And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.

Acts 20:6

And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years

Psalm 95:10

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

Numbers 14:33

And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

Exodus 16:35

And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Judges 3:11

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Ezekiel 29:11

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years

Genesis 41:29

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Daniel 4:23

And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

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

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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

Deuteronomy 9:25

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

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

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

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

Genesis 50:3

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

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

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

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

Ezekiel 4:6

And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

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

Jonah 3:4

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation

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