Whirlwind
21 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
19 sections
- Arose up from the Earth
- Called the Whirlwind of God
- Destructive
- Destructive Nature of
- Elijah Transported Upward In
- Frequently Continued for a Long Time
- from the North
- from the South in the Land of Uz
- Generally Came from the South
- God Answered Job In
- Illustrative of The: Fury of God's Judgments
- Illustrative of The: Speed with Which God Executes his Purposes
- Illustrative of The: Sudden Destruction of the Wicked
- Illustrative of The: Unavoidable Fruit of a Life of Sin and Vanity
- Illustrative of The: Velocity of Christ's Second Coming
- Illustrative of The: Velocity of the Chariots in Hostile Armies
- Miracles Connected With: Elijah Taken to Heaven In
- Miracles Connected With: God Spoke to Job From
- Sometimes Came from the North
Arose up from the Earth
- Jeremiah 25:32 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
Called the Whirlwind of God
- Jeremiah 23:19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
Destructive
- Proverbs 1:27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Destructive Nature of
- Proverbs 1:27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Elijah Transported Upward In
- 2 Kings 2:1 Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
- 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Frequently Continued for a Long Time
- Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
from the North
- Ezekiel 1:4 I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
from the South in the Land of Uz
- Job 37:9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Generally Came from the South
- Job 37:9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- Isaiah 21:1 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
God Answered Job In
- Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Illustrative of The: Fury of God's Judgments
- Jeremiah 25:32 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
- Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
Illustrative of The: Speed with Which God Executes his Purposes
- Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Illustrative of The: Sudden Destruction of the Wicked
- Psalm 58:9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- Proverbs 1:27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
- Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Isaiah 41:16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
Illustrative of The: Unavoidable Fruit of a Life of Sin and Vanity
- Hosea 8:7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Illustrative of The: Velocity of Christ's Second Coming
- Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Illustrative of The: Velocity of the Chariots in Hostile Armies
- Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Miracles Connected With: Elijah Taken to Heaven In
- 2 Kings 2:1 Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
- 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Miracles Connected With: God Spoke to Job From
Sometimes Came from the North
- Ezekiel 1:4 I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
Related topics
Whirlwind of the Judgment of GodWhirlwind in the Land of CanaanWhirlwind in the Valley of the EuphratesWhirlwind of Divine JudgmentsWhirlwind of the Fruits of Unrighteousness
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.