Ecclesiastes 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; it whirls around continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuits.

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  • John 3:8 : 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.
  • Acts 27:13-15 : 13 And when the south wind blew softly, they assumed they had obtained their purpose, setting sail, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after, a tempestuous wind arose, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we let her be driven.
  • Job 37:9 : 9 Out of the south comes the whirlwind, and cold out of the north.
  • Job 37:17 : 17 How your garments are warm when he quiets the earth by the south wind?
  • Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves.
  • Ps 107:29 : 29 He makes the storm calm, so that the waves are still.
  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 As you do not know the way of the spirit, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Matt 7:27 : 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

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