What Does the Bible Say About Winter?
Here are 9 Bible verses about winter, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Job 37:9-10
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
BSBThe tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
- #2Song of Solomon 2:11-12
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
BSBFor now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
- #3John 10:22
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
BSBAt that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
- #4Mark 13:18
And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
BSBPray that this will not occur in the winter.
- #5Matthew 24:20
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
BSBPray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.
- #6Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
BSBAs long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- #7Psalms 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
BSBYou set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
- #8Psalms 147:16-18
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
BSBHe spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
- #9Amos 3:15
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
BSBI will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).
Winter in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- God makes: Ps 74:17
- Yearly return of, secured by covenant: Ge 8:22
- Coldness and inclemency of, noticed: Pr 20:4; Joh 10:22
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- Travelling: Mt 24:20; 2Ti 4:21
- Navigation: Ac 27:9
- Ships were laid up in port during: Ac 27:12; 28:11
- The Jews frequently had special houses for: Jer 36:22; Am 3:15
- Illustrative of seasons of spiritual adversity: So 2:11