Wind in the Bible

Blasting

  • 2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
  • 2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Bible Encyclopedia for WIND.

East

Definition of wind

Hot and blasting in Egypt

  • Genesis 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Wind.

In the valley of the Euphrates River

  • Ezekiel 19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

In Canaan

  • Hosea 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
  • Luke 12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

At the city of Nineveh

  • Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Tempestuous in the land of Uz

  • Job 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

West

Took away the plague of locusts from the land of Egypt

  • Exodus 10:19 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.

North

Free from humidity in Canaan

  • Proverbs 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

South

Soothing

  • Job 37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Tempestuous

  • Job 37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

Purifying

  • Job 37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

FIGURATIVE

  • Hosea 4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Of the judgments of God

  • Jeremiah 22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
  • Hosea 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
  • Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Of the Spirit

  • John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Of heresy

  • Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
 
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