Bible Themes · Creation

Cold

Cold as part of the seasonal rhythm of the year

Genesis 8:22 See also Job 37:9

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Cold as an aspect of the night

Genesis 31:40 See also Job 24:7; Jeremiah 36:30

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Cold as a source of discomfort

2 Corinthians 11:27 See also Proverbs 25:20; John 18:18; Acts 28:2

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Cold as a source of refreshment

Proverbs 25:25 See also Proverbs 25:13; Matthew 10:42

Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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