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100 Bible Verses about Time Is Short

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 233 helpful votes

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 208 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

John 3:16 ESV / 204 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 Peter 3:8 ESV / 191 helpful votes

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV / 191 helpful votes

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 190 helpful votes

The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV / 188 helpful votes

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 182 helpful votes

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Psalm 31:15 ESV / 180 helpful votes

My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ESV / 177 helpful votes

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 ESV / 174 helpful votes

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Romans 13:11 ESV / 170 helpful votes

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Mark 13:32 ESV / 169 helpful votes

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Colossians 4:5-6 ESV / 161 helpful votes

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 147 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 146 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 144 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Colossians 4:5 ESV / 143 helpful votes

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.

Proverbs 27:1 ESV / 143 helpful votes

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Proverbs 6:6-8 ESV / 137 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 136 helpful votes

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 133 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 14:6 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 120 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 118 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

1 John 2:17 ESV / 116 helpful votes

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 116 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Psalm 121:7-8 ESV / 115 helpful votes

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Acts 16:31 ESV / 114 helpful votes

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

1 John 4:19 ESV / 112 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 110 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

James 4:14 ESV / 110 helpful votes

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 110 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 108 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

1 Corinthians 7:29 ESV / 107 helpful votes

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 107 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 105 helpful votes

Rejoice always,

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 105 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Ephesians 5:2 ESV / 97 helpful votes

And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Let all that you do be done in love.

2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 94 helpful votes

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 94 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Ephesians 5:16 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Psalm 121:2 ESV / 93 helpful votes

My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 92 helpful votes

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 92 helpful votes

And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 92 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 90 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Psalm 34:4 ESV / 90 helpful votes

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 88 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 88 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 88 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Mark 13:32-33 ESV / 87 helpful votes

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

James 4:13-15 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

Revelation 12:12 ESV / 83 helpful votes

Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Romans 10:13 ESV / 83 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 81 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 69 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 67 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 8:2 ESV / 66 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Mark 1:15 ESV / 64 helpful votes

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

1 Peter 4:7 ESV / 62 helpful votes

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

James 4:13-17 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Psalm 107:1 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 71:5 ESV / 51 helpful votes

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

John 15:12 ESV / 50 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Mark 10:27 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

Psalm 39:7 ESV / 49 helpful votes

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Hebrews 10:23 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Mark 5:36 ESV / 45 helpful votes

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

James 4:8 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Revelation 12:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Luke 14:28 ESV / 40 helpful votes

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

John 11:35 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Jesus wept.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 34 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

1 Thessalonians 5:19 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Do not quench the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

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