Ecclesiastes 1:6
The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.
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- John 3:8 : 8 The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: so is euery man that is borne of the Spirit.
- Acts 27:13-15 : 13 And when the Southerne winde blew softly, they supposing to atteine their purpose, loosed neerer, and sailed by Candie. 14 But anon after, there arose by it a stormy winde called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.
- Job 37:9 : 9 The whirlewind commeth out of the South, and the colde from the North winde.
- Job 37:17 : 17 Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?
- Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.
- Ps 107:29 : 29 He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.
- Eccl 11:5 : 5 As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.
- Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
- Matt 7:24 : 24 Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, & doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock:
- Matt 7:27 : 27 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
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4 One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
5 The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
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7 All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.
8 All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.
9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.
10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
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9 The whirlewind commeth out of the South, and the colde from the North winde.
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16 (5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?
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6 His going out is from the ende of the heauen, and his compasse is vnto the endes of ye same, and none is hid from the heate thereof.
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7 And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
8 Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.
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17 Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?
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7 He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.
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12 And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:
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16 For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.
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24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?
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26 He caused the Eastwinde to passe in the heauen, and through his power he brought in the Southwinde.
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3 If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.
4 He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
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16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
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21 The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place.
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8 The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: so is euery man that is borne of the Spirit.
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55 And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: & it commeth to passe.
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13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
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1 The burden of the desert Sea. As the whirlewindes in the South vse to passe from the wildernesse, so shall it come from the horrible land.
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12 A mightie winde shall come vnto me from those places, and nowe will I also giue sentence vpon them.
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20 All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
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21 And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.
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7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
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4 Who hath ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?
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12 And euery one went streight forward: they went whither their spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.
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14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
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4 Behold also the shippes, which though they be so great, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small rudder, whither soeuer the gouernour listeth.
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25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
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1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.
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18 He sendeth his worde and melteth them: he causeth his winde to blowe, and the waters flowe.
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8 In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.
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26 Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?
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15 What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
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10 Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,
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1 The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.
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2 Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:
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13 (7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
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27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,
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8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:
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10 He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.
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8 Then cryed hee vpon me, and spake vnto me, saying, Beholde, these that goe towarde the North countrey, haue pacified my spirit in the North countrey.