Cross references

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind blows southward,

then turns northward;

round and round it swirls,

ever returning on its course.

Ecclesiastes 1:6 BSB

Ecclesiastes 1:6 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:8 (8 votes) and Ecclesiastes 11:5 (2 votes). 2 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Job 37 to Acts 27.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 1:6 point to?

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  1. John 3:88 votes

    The wind blows where it wishes. 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.”

  2. As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

  3. Job 37:91 vote

    The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

  4. Job 37:171 vote

    You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

  5. For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

  6. He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

  7. Jonah 1:40 votes

    Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

  8. Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

  9. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

  10. When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete. But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island. …

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 1:6?

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