- Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was FORTY YEARS old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 26:34
Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing
When Esau was FORTY YEARS old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Genesis 47:28
Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.
- Exodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna FORTY YEARS, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
- Leviticus 25:8
The Year of Jubilee
“‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
- Numbers 14:33
Your children will be shepherds here for FORTY YEARS, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:34
For FORTY YEARS—one year for each of the forty DAYS you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’
- Numbers 32:13
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness FORTY YEARS, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 2:7
The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These FORTY YEARS the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these FORTY YEARS, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
- Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these FORTY YEARS.
- Deuteronomy 29:5
Yet the Lord says, “During the FORTY YEARS that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.
- Joshua 5:6
The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness FORTY YEARS until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Joshua 14:7
I was FORTY YEARS old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
- Joshua 14:10
“Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am toDAY, eighty-five years old!
- Judges 3:11
So the land had peace for FORTY YEARS, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 5:31
“So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace FORTY YEARS.
- Judges 8:28
Gideon’s Death
Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace FORTY YEARS.
- Judges 12:14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.
- Judges 13:1
The Birth of Samson
Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for FORTY YEARS.
- 1 Samuel 4:18
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led Israel FORTY YEARS.
- 1 Samuel 13:1
Samuel Rebukes Saul
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years.
- 2 Samuel 2:10
Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was FORTY YEARS old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David.
- 2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned FORTY YEARS.
- 1 Kings 2:11
He had reigned FORTY YEARS over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 11:42
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel FORTY YEARS.
- 1 Kings 14:21
Rehoboam King of Judah
Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
- 1 Kings 15:10
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
- 2 Kings 12:1
Joash Repairs the Temple
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem FORTY YEARS. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
- 2 Kings 14:23
Jeroboam II King of Israel
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.
- 1 Chronicles 29:27
He ruled over Israel FORTY YEARS—seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 9:30
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel FORTY YEARS.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13
King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
- 2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash Repairs the Temple
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem FORTY YEARS. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
- Nehemiah 9:21
For FORTY YEARS you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
- Job 42:16
After this, Job lived a hundred and FORTY YEARS; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Psalm 95:10
For FORTY YEARS I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
- Ezekiel 29:11
The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for FORTY YEARS.
- Ezekiel 29:12
I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate FORTY YEARS among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 29:13
“‘Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of FORTY YEARS I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered.
- Amos 2:10
I brought you up out of Egypt and led you FORTY YEARS in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.
- Amos 5:25
“Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings FORTY YEARS in the wilderness, people of Israel?
- John 2:20
They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three DAYS?”
- Acts 4:22
For the man who was miraculously healed was over FORTY YEARS old.
- Acts 7:23
“When Moses was FORTY YEARS old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.
- Acts 7:30
“After FORTY YEARS had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
- Acts 7:36
He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for FORTY YEARS in the wilderness.
- Acts 7:42
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings FORTY YEARS in the wilderness, people of Israel?
- Acts 13:18
for about FORTY YEARS he endured their conduct in the wilderness;
- Acts 13:21
Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled FORTY YEARS.
- Hebrews 3:9
where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for FORTY YEARS they saw what I did.
- Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was he angry for FORTY YEARS? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?
