Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
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Referenced Verses
- John 3:8 : 8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
- Acts 27:13-15 : 13 And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land. 14 But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force. 15 And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
- Job 37:9 : 9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
- Job 37:17 : 17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
- Ps 107:25 : 25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
- Ps 107:29 : 29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
- Eccl 11:5 : 5 As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
- Jonah 1:4 : 4 And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
- Matt 7:24 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
- Matt 7:27 : 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
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- Eccl 1:4-52 verses83%
4 One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
5 The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
- Eccl 1:7-104 verses82%
7 All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
8 All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
9 That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
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9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
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16 All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
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6 His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.
- Eccl 12:7-82 verses72%
7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
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17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
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7 He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.
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12 And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,
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16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
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24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
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26 He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.
- Eccl 11:3-42 verses70%
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.
4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
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16 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
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21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
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8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
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55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.
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13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
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1 The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
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12 A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.
- Eccl 3:20-212 verses69%
20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
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21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.
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7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
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4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
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12 Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.
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14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
15 That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
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4 And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
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25 When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
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1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
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18 At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.
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8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
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26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
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15 Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
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10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;
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1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
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2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;
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13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
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27 For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,
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8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
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10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
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8 Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.