58 Bible Verses about Wind

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Exodus 14:21-22

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His power He directed the south wind.

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

Exodus 10:13-14

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again.

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Numbers 11:31

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

Job 28:25

“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

Psalm 135:7

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

Psalm 148:7-8

Praise the Lord from the earth,
Sea monsters and all deeps;
Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Isaiah 11:15

And the Lord will utterly destroy
The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over dry-shod.

Jeremiah 10:13

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

Jonah 1:4

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

1 Kings 19:11

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Ezekiel 27:26

“Your rowers have brought you
Into great waters;
The east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.

Acts 27:13-15

When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore. But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

Genesis 41:5-6

He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Job 1:18-19

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Daniel 7:2

Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

Matthew 14:24

But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Luke 12:55

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

John 6:16-18

Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

James 3:4

Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

Matthew 7:24-27

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.read more.
The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Job 21:17-18

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Psalm 1:4

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Isaiah 17:13

The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry country,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse, a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.

Jeremiah 22:22

“The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.

Ezekiel 19:12

‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was torn off
So that it withered;
The fire consumed it.

Daniel 2:34-35

You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Amos 1:14

“So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah
And it will consume her citadels
Amid war cries on the day of battle,
And a storm on the day of tempest.

Habakkuk 1:9

“All of them come for violence.
Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand.

Revelation 6:12-13

I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Job 6:26

“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,
And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.

Proverbs 27:15-16

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world born.

Jeremiah 5:13

“The prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

From Thematic Bible


Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Reviving

Ezekiel 37:9-10

Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'" So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Ezekiel 37:14

I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it,” declares the Lord.’”

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Independent

1 Corinthians 12:11

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Powerful

1 Kings 19:11

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Acts 2:2

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Sensible in its effects

natural Life » Is compared to » Wind

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

Meteorology » Wind » Wonderful effects of

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

Numbers 11:31

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

Ezekiel 37:9

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’”

Jonah 1:4

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Exodus 15:10

You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Meteorology » Wind » East

Job 27:21

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

Hosea 13:15

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Ezekiel 17:10

Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”’”

Meteorology » Wind » South

Luke 12:55

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

Job 37:17

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

Acts 27:13

When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

Meteorology » Wind » North

Song of Songs 4:16

Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Meteorology » Wind » West

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Wind

Song of Songs 4:16

Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Wind » Violent » Stormy wind

Ezekiel 13:11

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

Wind » Movement of the leaves of trees, &c by, noticed

Isaiah 7:2

When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.

Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Matthew 11:7

As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Wind » Illustrative » (when destructive,) of the judgments of God

Isaiah 29:6

From the Lord of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Isaiah 41:16

“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will rejoice in the Lord,
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 27:8

You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » East

Job 27:21

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

Hosea 13:15

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Ezekiel 17:10

Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”’”

Wind » East wind

Job 27:21

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

Hosea 13:15

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Ezekiel 17:10

Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”’”

Wind » Ruled

Mark 4:39

And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » North

Song of Songs 4:16

Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Wind » Tempestuous » Drives about the largest ships

Acts 27:18

The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;

James 3:4

Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.

Matthew 14:24

But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Wind » South wind

Luke 12:55

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

Job 37:17

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

Acts 27:13

When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

Wind » Illustrative » Of the operations of the holy spirit

Ezekiel 37:9

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’”

Acts 2:2

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Wind » Violent » Tempest

Jonah 1:4

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.

Job 9:17

“For He bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.

Wind » Frequently brings rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

It came about at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

2 Kings 3:17

For thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts.

Wind » Figurative » Of the judgments of God

Hosea 13:15

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Matthew 7:25

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

Jeremiah 22:22

“The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Calmed by Christ

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » The simoom or pestilential wind

2 Kings 19:35

Then it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

Wind » God » Brings forth, out of his treasuries

Jeremiah 10:13

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

Psalm 135:7

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

Wind » God » Assuages

Wind » Violent » Mighty wind

Acts 2:2

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Wind » Drying nature of

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

Isaiah 11:15

And the Lord will utterly destroy
The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over dry-shod.

Wind » Often blighting

Psalm 103:16

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.

Wind » Purifying nature of

Jeremiah 4:11

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Job 37:21

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

Wind » Tempestuous » Raises the sea in waves

John 6:18

The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

Wind » God » Restrains

Job 28:25

“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

Wind » God » Raises

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

Wind » Violent » storm

Job 21:18

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Psalm 83:15

So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.

Wind » Tempestuous » Destroys houses

Job 1:19

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » South

Luke 12:55

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

Job 37:17

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked

Job 21:18

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Psalm 1:4

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Wind » North wind

Song of Songs 4:16

Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Wind » East » In canaan

Hosea 13:15

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Luke 12:55

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

Wind » Variable nature of

Ecclesiastes 1:6

Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.

Wind » Illustrative » (without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift

Wind » Illustrative » Of false doctrines

Wind » From the north drives away rain

Wind » Miracles connected with » Rocks and mountains rent by

1 Kings 19:11

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Quails brought by

Numbers 11:31

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

Wind » Violent » Great and strong wind

1 Kings 19:11

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Wind » God » Gathers, in his hand

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

Wind » Miracles connected with » Locusts brought by

Exodus 10:13

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Locusts removed by

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Red sea divided by

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » West

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Illustrative » (bringing forth,) of disappointed expectations

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world born.

Wind » Illustrative » Of molten images

Isaiah 41:29

“Behold, all of them are false;
Their works are worthless,
Their molten images are wind and emptiness.

Wind » West wind

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Violent » Rough wind

Isaiah 27:8

You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

Wind » Illustrative » Of iniquity which leads to destruction

Wind » God » Changes

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His power He directed the south wind.

Wind » Blasting

2 Kings 19:35

Then it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

Wind » Accomplishes the purposes of God

Wind » Miracles connected with » Calmed by casting out jonah

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » Euroclydon

Acts 27:14

But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo;

Wind » Violent » Windy storm

Psalm 55:8

“I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the stormy wind and tempest.”

Wind » Illustrative » (feeding upon,) of vain hopes

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

Wind » South » Soothing

Job 37:17

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

Wind » South » Purifying

Job 37:21

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

Wind » East » In the valley of the euphrates river

Ezekiel 19:12

‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was torn off
So that it withered;
The fire consumed it.

Wind » East » Tempestuous in the land of uz

Job 27:21

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Raises on account of jonah

Jonah 1:4

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Wind » Violent » Fierce wind

James 3:4

Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.

Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Wind » Illustrative » (sowing,) of a course of sin

Wind » God » Created

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Wind » Figurative » Of heresy

Wind » North » Free from humidity in canaan

Wind » South » Tempestuous

Wind » West » Took away the plague of locusts from the land of egypt

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » The whirlwind

Wind » Illustrative » Of the speeches of the desperate

Job 6:26

“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Wind » Theory of, above man's comprehension

Wind » Figurative » Of the spirit

Wind » East » Hot and blasting in egypt

Genesis 41:6

Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Wind » East » At the city of nineveh

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

Wind » Illustrative » Of the life of man

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

Wind » Figurative

Hosea 4:19

The wind wraps them in its wings,
And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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Four Winds

Ezekiel 37:9

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’”

God Dispensing Wind

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

God In The Wind

2 Samuel 22:11

And He rode on a cherub and flew;
And He appeared on the wings of the wind.

No Winds

2 Kings 3:17

For thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts.

The East Wind

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His power He directed the south wind.

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