Isaiah 30:28

His breath is like an overflowing stream. It raises neck high and sifts the nations with a sieve of destruction. It places a bit in the mouths of the people to lead them astray.

Isaiah 8:8

It will sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will be neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your entire country, O Immanuel.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

Isaiah 37:29

For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.

2 Kings 19:28

Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.

Amos 9:9

I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations! Like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel will not fall on the earth.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will put him to death with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent) (revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return, being near)

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the people of Israel said: The advice of Hushai from Archi's family is better than Ahithophel's advice. Jehovah commanded Ahithophel's good advice to be defeated in order to ruin Absalom.

1 Kings 22:20-22

Jehovah asked: Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,

Job 39:17

This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.

Psalm 18:15

The ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at your stern warning, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will become discouraged. I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

Isaiah 19:12-14

Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what Jehovah of Hosts has purposed (planned) (resolved) against Egypt.

Isaiah 28:17-18

I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 29:6

Jehovah of Hosts will visit you with a thundering earthquake. A huge whirlwind will bring loud noise and a devouring fire.

Isaiah 33:10-12

Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will be exalted and lifted up.

Ezekiel 14:7-9

Suppose an Israelite or a foreigner who lives in Israel deserts me by devoting himself to idols and by allowing himself to sin. If he goes to a prophet to ask for my help, I, Jehovah, will give him an answer.

Hosea 13:3

That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.

Habakkuk 3:12-15

You marched through the land in indignation. You trampled the nations in anger.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.

Luke 22:31

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.

Hebrews 4:12

The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.

Revelation 2:16

Turn away from your sins! If you do not repent I will come to you soon. And I will fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

Bible References

His breath

Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.
Psalm 18:15
The ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at your stern warning, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.
Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will put him to death with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent) (revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return, being near)
Hebrews 4:12
The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)
Revelation 1:16
In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.
Revelation 2:16
Turn away from your sins! If you do not repent I will come to you soon. And I will fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

An overflowing

Isaiah 8:8
It will sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will be neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your entire country, O Immanuel.
Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 29:6
Jehovah of Hosts will visit you with a thundering earthquake. A huge whirlwind will bring loud noise and a devouring fire.
Habakkuk 3:12
You marched through the land in indignation. You trampled the nations in anger.

To sift

Isaiah 19:12
Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what Jehovah of Hosts has purposed (planned) (resolved) against Egypt.
Isaiah 33:10
Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will be exalted and lifted up.
Hosea 13:3
That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.
Amos 9:9
I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations! Like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel will not fall on the earth.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.

A bridle

Isaiah 37:29
For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.
2 Kings 19:28
Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.
Psalm 32:9
Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.

Causing

Isaiah 19:3
The Egyptians will become discouraged. I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the people of Israel said: The advice of Hushai from Archi's family is better than Ahithophel's advice. Jehovah commanded Ahithophel's good advice to be defeated in order to ruin Absalom.
1 Kings 22:20
Jehovah asked: Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,
Job 39:17
This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.
Ezekiel 14:7
Suppose an Israelite or a foreigner who lives in Israel deserts me by devoting himself to idols and by allowing himself to sin. If he goes to a prophet to ask for my help, I, Jehovah, will give him an answer.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.