14 Bible Verses about Forty Days

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Acts 1:3

to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Genesis 7:17

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

Genesis 8:6

And it happened, at the end of forty days 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 those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Exodus 24:18

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

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Numbers 13:25

And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

Deuteronomy 9:25

And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, that I had thrown myself down, for Jehovah had said to 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 ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Ezekiel 4:6

And when you have fulfilled them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year; a day for a year, I have set for you.

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 be, in the last days the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow into it.

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in Heaven who reveals secrets and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed are these.

Daniel 12:9

And He said, Go, Daniel! For the words are closed up and sealed until the end-time.

Micah 4:1

But it shall be in the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it.

Acts 2:17

"And it shall be in the last days, says God, I will pour out 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.

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

Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

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

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, that I had thrown myself down, for Jehovah had said to 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 after 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 those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was upon the earth forty days. And the waters increased and bore 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 happened, at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

And when you have fulfilled them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year; a day for a year, I have set for you.

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

Acts 1:3

to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

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 neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

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

Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel

Deuteronomy 9:25

And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, that I had thrown myself down, for Jehovah had said to 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 after 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 those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was upon the earth forty days. And the waters increased and bore 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 happened, at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period

Ezekiel 4:6

And when you have fulfilled them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year; a day for a year, I have set for you.

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

Acts 1:3

to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Forty days » Christ's temptation

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days

Ezekiel 3:15

Then I came to the exiles at Tel-at-abib, who lived by the river Chebar. And I sat where they sat; and I also dwelt seven days, being stricken dumb among them.

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.

Genesis 7:4

For in seven more days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And I will destroy from off the face of the earth every living thing that I have made.

Acts 21:4

And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Acts 20:6

And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed away from Philippi and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years

Psalm 95:10

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

Numbers 14:33

And your sons shall feed in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications, until your dead bodies have wasted in the wilderness.

Exodus 16:35

And the sons of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land in which people lived. They ate manna until they came into 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, and you shall not live in it forty years.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years

Genesis 41:29

Behold, there are coming 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 the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Daniel 4:23

And as the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from Heaven, and saying, Cut the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots of it in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until 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 neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 24:18

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

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

Deuteronomy 9:25

And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, that I had thrown myself down, for Jehovah had said to 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 after 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 those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was upon the earth forty days. And the waters increased and bore 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 happened, at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

Ezekiel 4:6

And when you have fulfilled them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year; a day for a year, I have set for you.

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

Acts 1:3

to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation

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