32 Bible Verses about Having a “Short Time”

Short time

1. James 4:14

 

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

 

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2. Revelation 12:12

 

For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”

 

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3. Genesis 27:44

 

Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides,

 

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4. Isaiah 26:20

 

Come, my people, enter into your rooms

And close your doors behind you;

Hide for a little while

Until indignation runs its course.

 

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5. Ezra 9:8

 

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

 

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6. Isaiah 9:14

So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel,

Both palm branches and bulrush in a single day.

 

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7. Daniel 11:20

 

“Then in his place one will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.

 

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8. Luke 4:5

 

And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

 

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9. John 16:18

 

So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

 

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10. Acts 1:5

 

for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

 

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11. Romans 9:28

 

for the Lord will execute His word on the earth, thoroughly and quickly.”

 

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12. 2 Corinthians 7:8

 

For though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while—

 

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13. Galatians 2:5

 

But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

 

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14. Revelation 18:10

 

standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgement has come.’

 

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15. Revelation 18:19

 

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’

 

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16. Hebrews 12:10

 

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

 

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17. Revelation 17:10

 

and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

 

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18. Leviticus 25:52

 

and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.

 

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19. Matthew 24:22

 

Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

 

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20. Mark 13:20

 

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

 

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21. 1 Corinthians 7:29

 

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

 

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22. Revelation 20:3

 

and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

 

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23. Hebrews 10:37

 

For yet in a very little while,

He who is coming will come, and will not delay.

 

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24. John 16:16

 

“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

 

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25. John 16:19

 

Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

 

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26. 1 Peter 1:6

 

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

 

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27. 1 Peter 5:10

 

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

 

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28. 2 Corinthians 4:17

 

For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

 

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29. Isaiah 29:17

 

Is it not yet just a little while

Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,

And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

 

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30. Haggai 2:6

 

For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.

 

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31. Luke 15:13

 

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

 

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32. Proverbs 27:1

 

Do not boast about tomorrow,

For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

 

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