'Wind' in the Bible

And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

And the name of his brother [was] Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and wind instruments.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!"

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

All the people followed after him, playing on wind pipes and so full of joy that the earth shook because of all the noise!

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake 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:

As the time drew near when the LORD was about to take Elijah to heaven in a wind storm, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

They said to him, "Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys." But Elisha replied, "Don't send them out."

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;

Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind.

And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,

And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

A wind passed by me,and I shuddered with fear.

They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf?Will You chase after dry straw?

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

He clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.

Terrors overtake him like a flood;a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

When God fixed the weight of the windand limited the water by measure,

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.

"[The] storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from [the] north wind.

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint!

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;a scorching wind will be their portion.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Then the channels of [the] sea became visible, and [the] foundations of [the] world were uncovered by your rebuke, O Yahweh, by the {blast} of the wind of your nose.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

I would hurry to my shelterfrom the raging wind and the storm.”

Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Praise him with tambourine and dancing. Praise him with stringed and wind instruments.

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Better one handful with restthan two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.