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They are mentioned in various contexts, from literal descriptions of weather to metaphorical uses representing divine intervention, judgment, or the movement of the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b>Creation and Control by God</b><br><br>The Bible frequently emphasizes that God has sovereign control over the winds. In <a href="/genesis/8.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>, after the flood, "God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded." This passage illustrates God's command over the natural elements, using wind to fulfill His purposes.<br><br>In the book of Job, the power of God over the winds is further highlighted: "He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; He suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight" (<a href="/job/26-7.htm">Job 26:7-8</a>). Here, the winds are part of the divine orchestration of the universe.<br><br><b>Divine Judgment and Deliverance</b><br><br>Winds are also depicted as instruments of God's judgment. In <a href="/exodus/10-13.htm">Exodus 10:13</a>, Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and "the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts." This east wind was a tool of divine retribution against Pharaoh for his refusal to release the Israelites.<br><br>Conversely, winds can signify deliverance. In <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a>, during the crossing of the Red Sea, "Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land." Here, the wind is a means of salvation for the Israelites, demonstrating God's protective power.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Metaphor</b><br><br>Winds are often used metaphorically in Scripture to convey spiritual truths. In <a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a>, Jesus uses the wind to describe the mysterious and sovereign work of the Holy Spirit: "The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."<br><br>The unpredictability and uncontrollable nature of the wind serve as a metaphor for the Spirit's work in the hearts of believers, emphasizing the divine initiative in the process of spiritual rebirth.<br><br><b>Prophetic Imagery</b><br><br>In prophetic literature, winds frequently symbolize the forces of change and divine intervention. In <a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Daniel 7:2</a>, Daniel speaks of "the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea," which introduces a vision of the rise and fall of empires. Similarly, in <a href="/revelation/7.htm">Revelation 7:1</a>, the four angels are seen "standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or sea or on any tree," indicating a pause in judgment.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, winds are a multifaceted symbol, representing God's power, judgment, deliverance, and the mysterious workings of the Holy Spirit. They remind believers of the divine sovereignty over creation and the spiritual realm, encouraging trust in God's providential care and ultimate authority.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Winds</span><p>That the Hebrews recognized the existence of four prevailing winds as issuing, broadly speaking, from the four cardinal points, north, south, east and west, may be inferred from their custom of using the expression "four winds" as equivalent to the "four quarters" of the hemisphere. (<a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Ezekiel 37:9</a>; <a href="/daniel/8-8.htm">Daniel 8:8</a>; <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6</a>; <a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a>) The north wind, or, as it was usually called "the north," was naturally the coldest of the four, Ecclus. 43:20 and its presence is hence invoked as favorable to vegetation in (<a href="/songs/4-16.htm">Solomon 4:16</a>) It is described in (<a href="/proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a>) as bringing rain; in this case we must understand the northwest wind. The northwest wind prevails from the autumnal equinox to the beginning of November, and the north wind from June to the equinox. The east wind crosses the sandy wastes of Arabia Deserts before reaching Palestine and was hence termed "the wind of the wilderness." (<a href="/job/1-19.htm">Job 1:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Jeremiah 13:14</a>) It blows with violence, and is hence supposed to be used generally for any violent wind. (<a href="/job/27-21.htm">Job 27:21</a>; <a href="/job/38-24.htm">38:24</a>; <a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Psalms 48:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-8.htm">Isaiah 27:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Ezekiel 27:26</a>) In Palestine the east wind prevails from February to June. The south wind, which traverses the Arabian peninsula before reaching Palestine, must necessarily be extremely hot. (<a href="/job/37-17.htm">Job 37:17</a>; <a href="/luke/12-55.htm">Luke 12:55</a>) The west and southwest winds reach Palestine loaded with moisture gathered from the Mediterranean, and are hence expressly termed by the Arabs "the fathers of the rain." Westerly winds prevail in Palestine from November to February. In addition to the four regular winds, we have notice in the Bible of the local squalls, (<a href="/mark/4-37.htm">Mark 4:37</a>; <a href="/luke/8-23.htm">Luke 8:23</a>) to which the Sea of Gennesareth was liable. In the narrative of St. Paul's voyage we meet with the Greek term <i>Lips</i> to describe the southwest wind; the Latin <i>Carus</i> or <i>Caurus</i> , the northwest wind (<a href="/acts/27-12.htm">Acts 27:12</a>) and <i>Euroclydon</i> , a wind of a very violent character coming from east-northeast. (<a href="/acts/27-14.htm">Acts 27:14</a>)<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Winds</span><p><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a>. The winds which most commonly prevail in Palestine are from the western quarter, more usually perhaps from the southwest, <a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a>. Not infrequently a north wind arises, <a href="/context/job/37-9.htm">Job 37:9</a>, which, as in ancient days, is till the sure harbinger of fair weather; illustrating the truth of the observation in <a href="/context/proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a>, "The north wind driveth away rain." For the tempestuous wind called <a href="../e/euroclydon.htm">EUROCLYDON</a>, see that article. </p><p>But the wind most frequently mentioned in the Bible is the "cast wind," which is represented as blasting and drying up the fruits, <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Genesis 41:6</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm">Ezekiel 17:10</a> 19:12, and also as blowing with great violence, <a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Psalm 48:7</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Ezekiel 27:26</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Jonah 4:8</a>. It is also the "horrible tempest" literally the glow-wind, of <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Psalm 11:6</a>. This is a sultry and oppressive wind blowing from the south-east, and prevailing only in the hot and dry months of summer. Coming thus from the vast Arabian desert, it seems to increase the heat and drought of the season, and produces universal languor and debility. Rev. Dr. Eli Smith, who experienced it effects during the summer, at Beyrout, describes it as possessing the same qualities and characteristics as the Sirocco, which he had felt at Malta, and which also prevails in Sicily and Italy; except that the Sirocco, in passing over the sea, acquires great dampness. </p><p>This wind is called by the Arabs the Simoom, by the Turks the Samuel; and by the Egyptians the Camsin; and has long been regarded as a pestilential wind, suddenly overtaking travelers and caravans in the deserts, and almost instantly destroying them by its poisonous and suffocating death. But late and judicious travelers find no evidence that this wind is laden with any poisonous influence. It is indeed oppressively hot and dry, rapidly evaporating the water in the ordinary skin bottles, stopping the perspiration of travelers, drying up the palate and the air passages, and producing great restlessness and exhaustion. As it often blows with a terrible roaring and violence, it carries dust and fine sand high up into the air, so that the whole atmosphere is lurid, and seems in a state of combustion, and the sun is shorn of his beams, and looks like a globe of dull smoldering fire. Both men and animals are greatly annoyed by the dust, and seek any practicable shelter or covering. The camels turn their backs, and hide their heads from it in the ground. It is often accompanied by local whirlwinds, which form pillars of sand and dust, rising high above the ground and moving with swiftness over the plain. Such a tempest may have suggested some features in the prophetic descriptions of the day of God's power: "wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke: the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood," <a href="/context/joel/2-30.htm">Joel 2:30</a>,31 <a href="/context/acts/2-19.htm">Acts 2:19</a>,20. </p><p>Dr. Thomson describes another variety of hot winds or siroccos, often more overwhelming than those just mentioned. The sky is covered with clouds, and pale lightning play through the air; but there is no rain, thunder, or wind. The heat, however, is intolerable; every traveler seeks a refuge, the birds hide themselves in the thickest shades, the fowls pant under the walls with open mouths, and no living thing is in motion. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (<a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Jeremiah 49:36</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Ezek. 37:9</a>; <a href="/daniel/8-8.htm">Dan. 8:8</a>; <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6</a>). The east wind was parching (<a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm">Ezek. 17:10</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">19:12</a>), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (<a href="/job/27-21.htm">Job 27:21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-8.htm">Isaiah 27:8</a>). This wind prevails in Palestine from February to June, as the west wind (<a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a>) does from November to February. The south was a hot wind (<a href="/job/37-17.htm">Job 37:17</a>; <a href="/luke/12-55.htm">Luke 12:55</a>). It swept over the Arabian peninsula. The rush of invaders is figuratively spoken of as a whirlwind (<a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Isaiah 21:1</a>); a commotion among the nations of the world as a striving of the four winds (<a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Dan. 7:2</a>). The winds are subject to the divine power (<a href="/psalms/18-10.htm">Psalm 18:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">135:7</a>). <a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4151.htm"><span class="l">4151. pneuma -- wind, spirit</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from pneo Definition wind, spirit NASB Word Usage breath (3), Spirit<br> (241), spirit (101), spirits (32), spiritual (1), wind (1), <b>winds</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4151.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/417.htm"><span class="l">417. anemos -- wind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> them" (). Word Origin from a prim. root ane- (to blow, breathe) Definition<br> wind NASB Word Usage wind (20), <b>winds</b> (11). wind. From <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/417.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7307.htm"><span class="l">7307. ruach -- breath, wind, spirit</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), side (4), sides (2), Spirit (76), spirit (127), spirits (3), strength (1), temper<br> (2), thoughts* (1), trustworthy* (1), wind (98), <b>winds</b> (7), windy (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7307.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5591b.htm"><span class="l">5591b. searah -- a tempest, storm wind</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from saar Definition a tempest, storm wind NASB Word Usage storm (6),<br> storm <b>winds</b> (1), stormy (2), tempest (2), violent (2), whirlwind (3). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5591b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7308.htm"><span class="l">7308. ruach -- wind, spirit</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to ruach Definition wind, spirit NASB Word<br> Usage spirit (9), wind (1), <b>winds</b> (1). mind, spirit, wind. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7308.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/detained_by_contrary_winds.htm"><span class="l">Detained by Contrary <b>Winds</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Wesley Collects Money for the Poor; Visits the House of Lords; His Reasons for his<br> Long Life; "How is the Tide Turned;" Last Entries Detained by Contrary <b>Winds</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/detained by contrary winds.htm</font><p><a href="/library/john/exposition_of_the_orthodox_faith/chapter_viii_concerning_air_and_winds.htm"><span class="l">Concerning Air and <b>Winds</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter VIII."Concerning air and <b>winds</b>. Air is the most subtle <b>...</b><br> the <b>winds</b> get their names. There are in all twelve <b>winds</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter viii concerning air and winds.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_38_1892/come_from_the_four_winds.htm"><span class="l">Come from the Four <b>Winds</b>, O Breath!</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Come from the Four <b>Winds</b>, O Breath! A Sermon (No.2246). Intended for Reading on<br> Lord's-Day, March 6th, 1892,. <b>...</b> We cannot rule the <b>winds</b>, nor create them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/come from the four winds.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/824__and_he_arose.htm"><span class="l">"And He Arose and Rebuked the <b>Winds</b> and Sea. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PHILANTHROPIC SUBJECTS. 824. " "And he arose and rebuked the <b>winds</b> and sea.". 824.<br> 7s. M. Milman. "And he arose and rebuked the <b>winds</b> and sea.". 1 Lord! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/824 and he arose.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_xx_comparison_of_christs_power.htm"><span class="l">Comparison of Christ's Power Over <b>Winds</b> and Waves with Moses' <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XX."Comparison of Christ's Power Over <b>Winds</b> and Waves with Moses'<br> Command of the Waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xx comparison of christs power.htm</font><p><a href="/library/winkworth/lyra_germanica_the_christian_year/fourth_sunday_after_epiphany_and.htm"><span class="l">Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. And He Said unto Them, Why are Ye <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Then He arose and rebuked the <b>winds</b> and the sea, and there was a great calm. <b>...</b> Then<br> He arose and rebuked the <b>winds</b> and the sea, and there was a great calm. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lyra germanica the christian year/fourth sunday after epiphany and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/825__they_that_go.htm"><span class="l">"They that Go Down to the Sea in Ships. " 1 Lord of the Wide <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Whose power the <b>winds</b> and seas controls. <b>...</b> Whose power the <b>winds</b> and seas controls,<br> Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, Whose spirit leads believing souls; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/825 they that go.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/22_if_any_one_wishes.htm"><span class="l">If any one Wishes to Hear the Arrangements for My Journey from <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> In the month of August, when the etesian <b>winds</b> were blowing, accompanied by the<br> reverend presbyter Vincentius and my young brother, and other monks who are now <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../22 if any one wishes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/coleridge/confessions_of_an_inquiring_spirit_etc/essay_vi_the_way_of.htm"><span class="l">Essay vi. "The Way of Ancient Ordinance, Though it <b>Winds</b>, is yet <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> ESSAY VI. "The way of ancient ordinance, though it <b>winds</b>, Is yet no devious way.?<br> "The way of ancient ordinance, though it <b>winds</b>, Is yet no devious way. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/essay vi the way of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/the_vision_.htm"><span class="l">The vision</span></a> <br><b>...</b> seventh, which is that of the trumpets, is about to begin,) "I saw four angels standing<br> upon the four corners of the earth, restraining the four <b>winds</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the vision .htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/winds.htm"><span class="l"><b>Winds</b> (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The rush of invaders is figuratively spoken of as a whirlwind (Isaiah 21:1); a<br> commotion among the nations of the world as a striving of the four <b>winds</b> (Dan. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/winds.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/storm-winds.htm"><span class="l">Storm-<b>winds</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Storm-<b>winds</b>. Storm-wind, Storm-<b>winds</b>. Stormy . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Storm-<b>winds</b> (3 Occurrences). Psalms 50:3 Our <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/storm-winds.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/phoenix.htm"><span class="l">Phoenix (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The Alexandrian corn ship carrying Paul and the author of Acts, after it left Myra<br> in Lycia, was prevented by adverse <b>winds</b> from holding a straight course to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/phoenix.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/four.htm"><span class="l">Four (3139 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> We have the four rivers of Paradise (Genesis 2:10); the four <b>winds</b> of heaven (Ezekiel<br> 37:9 Daniel 7:2; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:4 Zechariah 6:5, the Revised <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/four.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rush.htm"><span class="l">Rush (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion<br> or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of <b>winds</b>; a rush of water. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rush.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rose.htm"><span class="l">Rose (279 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 7:25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the <b>winds</b> blew, and beat on<br> that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rose.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blast.htm"><span class="l">Blast (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> blast'-ing (shiddaphon-root, shadhaph, literally "scorching"): This is the effect<br> produced upon grain or other plants by the hot east <b>winds</b> which blow from the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blast.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blasting.htm"><span class="l">Blasting (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> blast'-ing (shiddaphon-root, shadhaph, literally "scorching"): This is the effect<br> produced upon grain or other plants by the hot east <b>winds</b> which blow from the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blasting.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/calm.htm"><span class="l">Calm (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of<br> that which causes motion or disturbance, as of <b>winds</b> or waves; tranquility <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/calm.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wind.htm"><span class="l">Wind (180 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (vi) To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to<br> double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and <b>winds</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wind.htm - 45k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/four-winds.html">What does the Bible mean when it refers to the four winds? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/garden-of-Eden-location.html">What is the location of the Garden of Eden? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/doers-of-the-Word.html">What does it mean to be doers of the Word in James 1:22? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Winds (35 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Matthew 7:25</a></span><br />The rain came down, the floods came, and the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Matthew 7:27</a></span><br />The rain came down, the floods came, and the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> blew, and beat on that house; and it fell-and great was its fall."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a></span><br />And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> and the sea; and there was a great calm.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-27.htm">Matthew 8:27</a></span><br />But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> and the sea obey him!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a></span><br />He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span>, from one end of the sky to the other.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-27.htm">Mark 13:27</a></span><br />Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span>, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-25.htm">Luke 8:25</a></span><br />He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> and the water, and they obey him?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-4.htm">Acts 27:4</a></span><br />Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> were contrary.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-9.htm">1 Corinthians 14:9</a></span><br />And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the <span class="boldtext">winds</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/1-7.htm">Hebrews 1:7</a></span><br />Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels <span class="boldtext">winds</span>, and his servants a flame of fire."<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a></span><br />These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by <span class="boldtext">winds</span>; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/7-1.htm">Revelation 7:1</a></span><br />After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/2-11.htm">Genesis 2:11</a></span><br />The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/2-13.htm">Genesis 2:13</a></span><br />The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm">Job 28:25</a></span><br />To make the weight for the <span class="boldtext">winds</span>; and he weigheth the waters by measure. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/37-9.htm">Job 37:9</a></span><br />From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the north. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/38-24.htm">Job 38:24</a></span><br />By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/104-4.htm">Psalms 104:4</a></span><br />He makes his messengers <span class="boldtext">winds</span>; his servants flames of fire. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Psalms 135:7</a></span><br />He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the <span class="boldtext">winds</span> from his store-houses. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalms 148:8</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Jeremiah 49:32</a></span><br />Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all <span class="boldtext">winds</span> those who have the corners of their hair cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Jeremiah 49:36</a></span><br />On Elam will I bring the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the <span class="boldtext">winds</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a></span><br />A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall by the sword around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the <span class="boldtext">winds</span>, and will draw out a sword after them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm">Ezekiel 12:14</a></span><br />And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a></span><br />Say to those daubing with chalk -- It falleth, There hath been an overflowing shower, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth rend,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm">Ezekiel 17:21</a></span><br />And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all <span class="boldtext">winds</span>: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Ezekiel 37:9</a></span><br />Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span>, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Daniel 7:2</a></span><br />Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the sky broke forth on the great sea.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/8-8.htm">Daniel 8:8</a></span><br />The male goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the sky.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Daniel 11:4</a></span><br />When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/1-14.htm">Amos 1:14</a></span><br />And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6</a></span><br />Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh;'for I have spread you abroad as the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the sky,' says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/6-5.htm">Zechariah 6:5</a></span><br />The angel answered me, "These are the four <span class="boldtext">winds</span> of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Zechariah 9:14</a></span><br />Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/w/winds.htm">Winds</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/winds.htm">Winds (35 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/windstorms.htm">Windstorms (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/whirlwind.htm">Whirlwind (33 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/w/windows_with_beveled_frames.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Windows with Beveled Frames"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Windows with Beveled Frames" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/w/windstorm.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Windstorm"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Windstorm" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>