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What the Bible Says About Wind, the

Overview

The Bible addresses wind, the across 73 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Job, Psalms and Isaiah. Closely related themes include Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Rain, Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God and Sea, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Ahab, Jonah and Noah.

Key Bible verses about wind, the

Old Testament

Job

Job 1:19

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. from: Heb. from aside, etc

Job 6:26

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

Job 7:7

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. shall: Heb. shall not return see: to see, that is, to enjoy

Job 9:17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 21:18

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

Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 27:21

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

Job 28:25

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

Job 30:15

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

Job 37:9

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. south: Heb. chamber north: Heb. scattering winds

Job 37:17

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

Job 37:21

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

Psalms

Psalms 1:4

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

Psalms 55:8

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Psalms 78:26

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

Psalms 83:15

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Psalms 103:16

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not

Psalms 107:25

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand

Psalms 107:29

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Psalms 135:7

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.

Psalms 148:8

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

Isaiah

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. is confederate: Heb. resteth on

Isaiah 11:15

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. dryshod: Heb. in shoes

Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Isaiah 27:8

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. it shooteth: or, thou sendest it forth he: or, when he removeth it with

Isaiah 29:6

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Isaiah 41:16

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:29

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

New Testament

People in the Bible and wind, the

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying wind, the for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 8:1, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Job, Psalms and Isaiah each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Moses, Ahab and Jonah and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Rain, Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God and Sea, the.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about wind, the?

The Bible addresses wind, the across 73 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Job, Psalms and Isaiah. Closely related themes include Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Rain, Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God and Sea, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Ahab, Jonah and Noah.

How many Bible verses are about wind, the?

The Bible references wind, the in 73 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention wind, the?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 8:1: “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;”

Which people in the Bible are associated with wind, the?

Moses, Ahab, Jonah, Noah and David.

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