Overview
Throughout Scripture, wind represents God's power and authority over creation. The wind can scatter the wicked like chaff, symbolize empty human labor, and demonstrate divine judgment. Yet wind also refreshes and sustains, reminding believers of God's constant provision and sovereign care over all things.
Key Scriptures
"The wicked are like the chaff which the wind drives away" (Psalm 1:4, NASB). "Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?" (Ecclesiastes 5:10-11, but see Hosea 8:7: "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind," NIV). "He stilled the wind, and it became perfectly calm" (Matthew 14:32, NASB).
Application
Trust in God's sovereignty over life's circumstances, recognizing that human plans apart from Him are as futile as chasing the wind.
✦ Scripture References 40 references
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 88 verses
(Bringing forth,) of disappointed expectations
(Chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
(Feeding upon) of vain hopes
(Sowing,) of a course of sin
(When destructive,) of the judgments of God
(Without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift
Accomplishes the purposes of God
Assuages
Brings forth, out of his treasuries
Calmed by casting out Jonah
Calmed by Christ
Changes
Created
Destroys houses
Drives about the largest ships
Drying nature of
East
Euroclydon
Fierce wind
Frequently brings rain
From the north drives away rain
Gathers, in his hand
Great and strong wind
Locusts brought by
Locusts removed by
Mighty wind
Movement of the leaves of trees, &c by, noticed
North
Of false doctrines
Of iniquity which leads to destruction
Of molten images
Of terrors which pursue the soul
Of the life of man
Of the operations of the Holy Spirit
Of the speeches of the desperate
Often blighting
Purifying nature of
Quails brought by
Raises
Raises on account of Jonah
Raises the sea in waves
Red sea divided by
Restrains
Rocks and mountains rent by
Rough wind
South
Storm
Stormy wind
Tempest
The simoom or pestilential wind
The whirlwind
Theory of, above man's comprehension
Variable nature of
West
Windy storm