'Little' in the Bible

And Yahweh said to him, "{Name him} Jezreel; because in a little while {I will punish} the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Look, Yahweh [is] going to command and the great house will be destroyed [to] bits and the little house [to] pieces.

You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without [being] satisfied; {you have drunk without being satiated}; you have worn clothes without [being] warm; the one who earns wages puts it in {a pouch with holes}.'

'You have looked for much, and look! [It came] to little; and [when] you brought [it] home, I blew it [away]. Why?' {declares} Yahweh of hosts. 'Because my house [is] desolate and you [are] running each to your own house!

For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and dry land.

And {I am extremely angry} with the nations that are at ease, for [while] I was a little angry, they {furthered disaster}."

But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not [do so] much more [for] you, you of little faith?

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And immediately Jesus extended his hand [and] caught him and said to him, "[You] of little faith! Why did you doubt?"

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."

But knowing [this], Jesus said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves that you did not take bread, [you] of little faith?

And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that {a large millstone} be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

And going forward a little he fell down on his face, praying and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you [will]."

And after a little [while] those who were standing there came up [and] said to Peter, "You really are [one] of them also, because even your accent {reveals who you are}."

And going on a little [farther], he saw James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, and they [were] in the boat mending the nets.

And he was imploring him many [times], saying, "My little daughter {is at the point of death}! Come, lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and will live."

And taking hold of the child's hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"),

"And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it is better for him if instead {a large millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.

But he denied [it] again. And after a little [while], again the bystanders began to say to Peter, "You really are [one] of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent {shows it}!"

And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, [and] asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down [and] began to teach the crowds from the boat.

{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."

If then you are not even able [to do] a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

"Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

"The one who [is] faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and the one who [is] dishonest in very little is also dishonest in much.

It would be better for him if {a millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.

Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little."

Then Jesus said, "Yet a little time I am with you, and I am going to the one who sent me.

So Jesus said to them, "Yet a little time the light is with you! Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness does not overtake you! And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Children, yet a little [time] I am with you. You will seek me and just as I said to the Jews, "Where I am going you cannot come," now I say also to you.

Yet a little [time] and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

"A little [while] and you will see me no more, and again a little [while] and you will see me.

So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, 'A little [while] and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"

Jesus knew that they were wanting to ask him, and he said to them, "Are you deliberating with one another about this--that I said, 'A little [while], and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me'?

Now [when] day came, there was not a little commotion among the soldiers [as to] what then had become of Peter.

And they stayed no little time with the disciples.

And [after] there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.

Now there happened at that time no little disturbance concerning the Way.

For someone {named} Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.

But [when] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and [with] not a little bad weather confronting [us], finally all hope was abandoned [that] we would be saved.

And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little [further] and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.

But to me it is a very little matter that I be judged by you or by a human court, but I do not [even] judge myself.

Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?

just as it is written, "The [one] who [gathered] much did not have too much, and the [one] who [gathered] little did not have too little."

I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}--but indeed you are putting up with me.

Again I say, do not let anyone think I am foolish. But indeed, if [you do], accept me even as foolish, in order that I also may boast a little.

A little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.

I know [how] both {to make do with little} and I know [how] {to have an abundance}. In everything and in all [things] I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both {to have an abundance} and to go without.

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)

For yet "a very, very little [while], [and] the one who is coming will come and will not delay.

My little children, I am writing these [things] to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous [one],

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.

And now, little children, remain in him, so that whenever he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one [who is] in you is greater than the one [who is] in the world.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

'I know your works (behold, I have put before you an opened door that no one is able to shut) that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and did not deny my name.

and holding in his hand a little scroll that was opened. And he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

And I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll, and he said to me, "Take and eat it up, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."

And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it up, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth, and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

Because of this, rejoice, you heavens, and those who live in them! Woe [to] the earth and [to] the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great anger, [because he] knows that he has little time!"