9 Bible Verses about Clouds, Figurative Use

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Psalm 97:2


Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Isaiah 44:22


“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
And your sins like a heavy mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

1 Corinthians 10:1

For I do not want you to be unaware, believers, that our fathers were all under the cloud [in which God’s presence went before them] and they all passed [miraculously and safely] through the [Red] Sea;

Proverbs 25:14


Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts falsely of gifts [he does not give].

Ezekiel 30:3


“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near,
It will be a cloudy day;
A time of doom for the nations.

Job 7:9


“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

Jude 1:12

These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

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