What does the Bible say about the wind?
Today, we are going to discuss the wind. The wind is a powerful force that reveals God’s might, presence, and purposes! In Genesis 8:1, God sends a wind to dry up the floodwaters after Noah’s ark ride, proving He controls nature to bring restoration. The wind also symbolizes the Holy Spirit, like in Acts 2:2 when a sound like a “mighty rushing wind” fills the room at Pentecost, marking the Spirit’s arrival. Jesus even teaches about it in John 3:8, saying the Spirit moves like the wind—unseen but real, guiding people to new life in Jesus. From creation to salvation, the Bible paints wind as a tool in God’s hands, showing His power and care for us! Let’s dive in!
John 3:8 (NIV) – “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Psalm 1:4 (ESV) – “The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.”
Genesis 8:1 (NKJV) – “Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.”
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (NASB) – “Blowing toward the south, then turning toward the north, the wind continues swirling along; and on its circular courses the wind returns.”
Exodus 10:13 (KJV) – “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.”
Acts 2:2 (NLT) – “Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.”
Job 1:19 (Holman) – “Suddenly 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 are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Proverbs 11:29 (NIV) – “Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.”
Matthew 8:26 (NKJV) – “But He said to them, ‘Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?’ Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.”
Psalm 104:3 (ESV) – “He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds His chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind.”
Jonah 1:4 (NASB) – “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.”
Mark 4:39 (KJV) – “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”
Isaiah 40:7 (NLT) – “The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord. And so it is with people.”
Ezekiel 37:9 (Holman) – “He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain so that they may live!'”
James 1:6 (NIV) – “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
Psalm 135:7 (NKJV) – “He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Job 37:9 (ESV) – “From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.”
Exodus 14:21 (NASB) – “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.”
Luke 8:24 (KJV) – “And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.”
Proverbs 25:14 (NLT) – “A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.”
Daniel 7:2 (Holman) – “Daniel said, ‘I was watching in my vision during the night, and the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.'”
Ephesians 4:14 (NIV) – “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.”
Psalm 78:26 (NKJV) – “He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; and by His power He brought in the south wind.”
Job 38:24 (ESV) – “What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?”
Numbers 11:31 (NASB) – “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.”
Matthew 14:32 (KJV) – “And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.”
Hosea 8:7 (NLT) – “They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat.”
Revelation 7:1 (Holman) – “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.”
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NIV) – “Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”
Psalm 148:8 (NKJV) – “Fire and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling His word.”
Job 6:26 (ESV) – “Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?”
1 Kings 19:11 (NASB) – “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.”
Mark 6:51 (KJV) – “And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.”
Isaiah 32:2 (NLT) – “Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry country, like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.”
Zechariah 2:6 (Holman) – “Get up! Leave the land of the north”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration.”
Proverbs 30:4 (NIV) – “Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth?”
Psalm 107:25 (NKJV) – “For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.”
Job 8:2 (ESV) – “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?”
Exodus 15:10 (NASB) – “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.”
John 6:18 (KJV) – “And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.”
Hosea 13:15 (NLT) – “Though he flourishes among the reeds, an east wind—a wind from the Lord—will come, blowing in from the wilderness.”
Jeremiah 4:11 (Holman) – “At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness comes toward the daughter of My people—not to winnow or to cleanse.'”
Psalm 55:8 (NIV) – “I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
Acts 27:14 (NKJV) – “But not long after, a tempestuous head wind arose, called Euroclydon.”
Job 21:18 (ESV) – “That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?”
2 Samuel 22:11 (NASB) – “And He rode on a cherub and flew; and He appeared on the wings of the wind.”
Matthew 7:25 (KJV) – “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.”
Isaiah 27:8 (NLT) – “No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.”
Ezekiel 13:11 (Holman) – “Tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall! Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released.”
Psalm 18:10 (NIV) – “He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.”
