Quotes about Forty
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
— Anonymous
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
— Genesis 7:12
After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
— Genesis 8:6
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
— Genesis 7:17
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
— Exodus 34:28
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
— Acts 7:23
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
— Genesis 26:34
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
— Hebrews 3:9
and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
— Exodus 26:21
The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days.
— Rick Warren
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
— Deuteronomy 10:10
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
— Genesis 7:4