25 occurrences in 11 translations

'Instant' in the Bible

But the Kohathites shall not go in to see the holy things, even for an instant, or they will die.”

Verse ConceptsExclusion

'And when the dead dieth beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his separation, then he hath shaved his head in the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he doth shave it,

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekPossibility Of DeathDay 7

"Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant."

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

"Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!" But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

Verse ConceptsLack Of Expectation

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden DeathThe Wicked ProsperWealth And Prosperity

For I do not know how to give such titles;otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSkillPeople Ended

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Verse ConceptsChaffSuddenlyLight As ChaffCreatures Returning To DustProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacksdust

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

Who has heard of such a thing?Who has seen such things?Can a land be born in one dayor a nation be delivered in an instant?Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,she gave birth to her sons.

Verse ConceptsDevelopmentUnique Eventsrebirth

Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,For the whole land is devastated;Suddenly my tents are devastated,My curtains in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

"Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of Jordan

ו VavThe punishment of my dear peopleis greater than that of Sodom,which was overthrown in an instantwithout a hand laid on it.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSudden DestructionGod's People SinningPunishments

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Verse ConceptsPeople JumpingSpoken Greetingsjumping

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeTelling Of JesusThanks For Christ

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleGroups ShoutingChrist Would Be Killed

came to [see] me, and standing near, he said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I [recovered my sight and] looked up at him.

Verse ConceptsVisionHealing Through Disciples

in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Verse ConceptsFutureResurrection, Of The DeadSudden EventsEternal ExistenceNo DecayOur ResurrectionTrumpets At The EndThe ResurrectionEyesThe Rapture

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