'Blows' in the Bible

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

"While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

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

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

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

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain."

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?'"

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people,

They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.