Luke 12:55

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say,‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is.

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  • Job 37:17 : 17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
  • Matt 20:12 : 12 saying,‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

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    2 He said,“When evening comes you say,‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

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  • 17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

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    31 So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

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    11 “At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told,‘A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the wilderness on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff.

    12 No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

  • 9 A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

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    5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

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  • 26 He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

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    3 If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

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  • 13 When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

  • 18 By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

  • 21 But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

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    11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

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  • 8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

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    27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

  • 32 When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

  • 6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

  • 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

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  • 13 The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The LORD has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.’”

  • 17 When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • 54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,“Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

  • 24 When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • 44 The seventh time the servant said,“Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said,“Go and tell Ahab,‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’”

  • 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

  • 16 When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • 37 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

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  • 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.