9 Bible Verses about Clouds, Figurative Use

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
and your sins like a mist.
Return to Me,
for I have redeemed you.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.

For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.

As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;