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Wind

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Wind

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Wind

A study on the biblical significance and symbolism of wind.

Wind, a powerful and often mysterious force of nature, holds deep symbolic meaning throughout the Bible. It represents God's power, the movement of the Holy Spirit, and the fleeting nature of human life and earthly endeavors. This study explores various biblical passages to uncover the multifaceted significance of wind in both the Old and New Testaments.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Summary by Book

Old Testament

Genesis

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Genesis 8:1
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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.

Genesis 41:5
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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.

Genesis 41:6
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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.

Genesis 41:6
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Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Exodus

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Exodus 14:21
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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.

Exodus 14:22
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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.

Exodus 10:13
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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 10:14
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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
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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

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Numbers 11:31
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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.

2 Samuel

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2 Samuel 22:11
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“And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind.

1 Kings

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1 Kings 19:11
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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.

2 Kings

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2 Kings 3:17
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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.

Job

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Job 28:25
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“When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure,

Job 1:18
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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.”

Job 1:19
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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.”

Job 37:9
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“Out of the south comes the storm, And out of the north the cold.

Job 21:17
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“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?

Job 21:18
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“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?

Job 7:7
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“Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good.

Psalm

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Psalm 78:26
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He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.

Psalm 107:25
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For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea.

Psalm 135:7
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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
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Praise the Lord from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Psalm 148:8
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Praise the Lord from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Psalm 103:15
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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.

Psalm 103:16
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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.

Psalm 1:4
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The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Psalm 48:7
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With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish.

Proverbs

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Proverbs 11:29
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He who troubles his own house will inherit wind, And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.

Proverbs 25:23
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The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Ecclesiastes

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Ecclesiastes 1:6
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The wind blows to the south, Then turns to the north; The wind continues swirling along, And on its circular courses the wind returns.

Isaiah

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Isaiah 11:15
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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.

Isaiah 17:13
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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
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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

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Jeremiah 10:13
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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.

Jeremiah 4:11
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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 4:12
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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
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“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.

Jeremiah 5:13
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“The prophets are as wind, And the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”

Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 13:13
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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.

Ezekiel 27:26
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“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

Ezekiel 19:12
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‘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.

Ezekiel 13:11
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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 37:9
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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.”’”

Daniel

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Daniel 7:2
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Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

Daniel 2:34
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“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.

Daniel 2:35
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“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.

Hosea

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Hosea 8:7
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For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Hosea 12:1
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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.

Hosea 4:19
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The wind wraps them in its wings, And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Amos

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Amos 4:13
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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.

Jonah

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Jonah 1:4
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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
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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.”

New Testament

Matthew

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Matthew 14:24
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But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Matthew 7:24
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“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. read more. 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.

Matthew 7:25
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“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. read more. 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.

Matthew 7:26
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“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. read more. 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.

Matthew 7:27
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“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. read more. 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.

Matthew 11:7
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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?

Luke

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Luke 12:55
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And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

John

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John 6:16
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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.

John 6:17
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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.

John 6:18
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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.

John 3:8
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The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Acts

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Acts 27:13
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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.

Acts 27:14
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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.

Acts 27:15
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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.

Acts 2:2
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And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Ephesians

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Ephesians 4:14
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As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

James

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James 3:4
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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.

James 1:6
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But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

Revelation

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Revelation 6:13
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and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Thematic Index

God's Power and Control Over Wind

Wind as a Symbol of the Spirit

Instability, Futility, and Judgment

Wind in Creation and Natural Phenomena

Divine Guidance and Provision through Wind

Human Response and Faith Amidst Wind

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.