Ecclesiastes 1:6

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The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.

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  • John 3:8 : 8 The wind blows where it pleases, and 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.
  • Acts 27:13-15 : 13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted, so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14 But not long after, a violent wind, called the Northeaster, rushed down from the island. 15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.
  • Job 37:9 : 9 The storm comes from its chamber, and the cold winds from the north.
  • Job 37:17 : 17 You who feel your garments warm when the earth is quiet under the south wind.
  • Ps 107:25 : 25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, which lifted the waves of the sea.
  • Ps 107:29 : 29 He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were quiet.
  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break apart.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Matt 7:27 : 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.

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