John 3:8

New Century Version

The wind blows where it wants to and you hear the sound of it, but you don’t know where the wind comes from or where it is going. It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit.”

Cross References

Psalm 107:25

He spoke, and a storm came up, which blew up high waves.

Psalm 107:29

He stilled the storm and calmed the waves.

Psalm 135:7

He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind blows to the south; it blows to the north. It blows from one direction and then another. Then it turns around and repeats the same pattern, going nowhere.

Ezekiel 37:9

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, human, and say to the wind, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Wind, come from the four winds, and breathe on these people who were killed so they can come back to life.’ ”

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 3:7

Don’t be surprised when I tell you, ‘You must all be born again.’

John 3:9

Nicodemus asked, “How can this happen?”

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a noise like a strong, blowing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke God’s word without fear.

1 Corinthians 12:11

One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things, and the Spirit decides what to give each person.

1 Corinthians 2:11

Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God’s children.