58 Bible Verses about Wind

Most Relevant Verses

Exodus 14:21-22

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Psalm 78:26

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Amos 4:13

For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!"

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

Exodus 10:13-14

So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts! The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again.

Exodus 10:19

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Numbers 11:31

Now a wind went out from the Lord and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground.

Job 28:25

When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.

Psalm 135:7

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Psalm 148:7-8

Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths, O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

Isaiah 11:15

The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

Jeremiah 10:13

When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

Ezekiel 13:13

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

Jonah 4:8

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"

1 Kings 19:11

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Ezekiel 27:26

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

Acts 27:13-15

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete. Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island. When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Genesis 41:5-6

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good. Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

Job 1:18-19

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

Daniel 7:2

Daniel explained: "I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

Matthew 14:24

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.

John 6:16-18

Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

James 3:4

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

Psalm 103:15-16

A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

Matthew 7:24-27

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.read more.
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

Job 21:17-18

"How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger? How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Psalm 1:4

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

Isaiah 17:13

Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

"At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told, 'A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff. No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.'

Jeremiah 22:22

My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done.

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered -- a fire consumed them.

Daniel 2:34-35

You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces. Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

Hosea 8:7

They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

Amos 1:14

So I will set fire to Rabbah's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.

Habakkuk 1:9

All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.

Revelation 6:12-13

Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

Job 6:26

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Proverbs 11:29

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

Proverbs 27:15-16

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Jeremiah 5:13

The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'"

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

From Thematic Bible


Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Reviving

Ezekiel 37:9-10

He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'" So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

Ezekiel 37:14

I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord -- I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.'"

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Independent

1 Corinthians 12:11

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Wind » Powerful

1 Kings 19:11

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

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 a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

Meteorology » Wind » Wonderful effects of

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

Numbers 11:31

Now a wind went out from the Lord and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground.

Ezekiel 37:9

He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'"

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

Exodus 15:10

But you blew with your breath, and 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; it sweeps him out of his place.

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Ezekiel 17:10

Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?'"

Meteorology » Wind » South

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.

Job 37:17

You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

Meteorology » Wind » North

Song of Songs 4:16

The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

Meteorology » Wind » West

Exodus 10:19

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Wind

Song of Songs 4:16

The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

Wind » Violent » Stormy wind

Ezekiel 13:11

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.

Ezekiel 13:13

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

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

Isaiah 7:2

It was reported to the family of David, "Syria has allied with Ephraim." They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Revelation 6:13

and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

Matthew 11:7

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd 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

Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 27:8

When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » East

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Ezekiel 17:10

Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?'"

Wind » East wind

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Ezekiel 17:10

Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?'"

Wind » Ruled

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » North

Song of Songs 4:16

The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

Wind » Tempestuous » Drives about the largest ships

Acts 27:18

The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

James 3:4

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

Matthew 14:24

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Wind » South wind

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.

Job 37:17

You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

Wind » Illustrative » Of the operations of the holy spirit

Ezekiel 37:9

He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'"

Wind » Violent » Tempest

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

Job 27:20

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Job 9:17

he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.

Wind » Frequently brings rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'" Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

2 Kings 3:17

for this is what the Lord says, 'You will not feel any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.'

Wind » Figurative » Of the judgments of God

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

Jeremiah 22:22

My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Calmed by Christ

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » The simoom or pestilential wind

2 Kings 19:35

That very night the Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.

2 Kings 19:7

Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land."'"

Wind » God » Brings forth, out of his treasuries

Jeremiah 10:13

When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

Psalm 135:7

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Wind » God » Assuages

Wind » Violent » Mighty wind

Revelation 6:13

and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

Wind » Drying nature of

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

Isaiah 11:15

The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

Wind » Often blighting

Psalm 103:16

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

Wind » Purifying nature of

Jeremiah 4:11

"At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told, 'A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff.

Job 37:21

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

Wind » Tempestuous » Raises the sea in waves

John 6:18

By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

Wind » God » Restrains

Job 28:25

When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.

Wind » God » Raises

Jonah 4:8

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"

Wind » Violent » storm

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Psalm 83:15

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

Wind » Tempestuous » Destroys houses

Job 1:19

and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » South

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.

Job 37:17

You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

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

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Psalm 1:4

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

Wind » North wind

Song of Songs 4:16

The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

Wind » East » In canaan

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.

Wind » Variable nature of

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.

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

Proverbs 25:14

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

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

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Quails brought by

Numbers 11:31

Now a wind went out from the Lord and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground.

Wind » Violent » Great and strong wind

1 Kings 19:11

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was 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 then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

Wind » Miracles connected with » Locusts brought by

Exodus 10:13

So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts!

Wind » Miracles connected with » Locusts removed by

Exodus 10:19

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Red sea divided by

Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » West

Exodus 10:19

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

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

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Wind » Illustrative » Of molten images

Isaiah 41:29

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

Wind » West wind

Exodus 10:19

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Wind » Violent » Rough wind

Isaiah 27:8

When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

Wind » Illustrative » Of iniquity which leads to destruction

Wind » God » Changes

Psalm 78:26

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Wind » Blasting

2 Kings 19:35

That very night the Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.

2 Kings 19:7

Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a 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

Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

Wind » Violent » Windy storm

Psalm 55:8

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."

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

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

Wind » South » Soothing

Job 37:17

You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

Wind » South » Purifying

Job 37:21

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

Wind » East » In the valley of the euphrates river

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered -- a fire consumed them.

Wind » East » Tempestuous in the land of uz

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Wind » Miracles connected with » Raises on account of jonah

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

Wind » Violent » Fierce wind

James 3:4

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

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

Hosea 8:7

They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

Wind » God » Created

Amos 4:13

For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, 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

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained 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 criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Wind » Theory of, above man's comprehension

Wind » Figurative » Of the spirit

Wind » East » Hot and blasting in egypt

Genesis 41:6

Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

Wind » East » At the city of nineveh

Jonah 4:8

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"

Wind » Illustrative » Of the life of man

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

Wind » Figurative

Hosea 4:19

A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

Topics on Wind

Four Winds

Ezekiel 37:9

He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'"

God Dispensing Wind

Amos 4:13

For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!"

God In The Wind

2 Samuel 22:11

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

No Winds

2 Kings 3:17

for this is what the Lord says, 'You will not feel any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.'

The East Wind

Psalm 78:26

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Never miss a post

Theasaurus: Wind

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible