Chaff: Figurative
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Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
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Psalm 1:4
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
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Psalm 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
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Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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Luke 3:17
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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Library

The Seventh Rule of Tichonius.
... the Church, until they depart from this life, or until the chaff is separated ... where
another is expressed, which is the peculiarity of figurative diction; and ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 37 the seventh rule of.htm

Excerpts of Theodotus;
... is like wheat, and that which grows in the soul like chaff, and the ... laughing-stock
to many, especially when not patched up with sophistical figurative language ...
/.../theodotus/excerpts of theodotus/excerpts of theodotus.htm

Parting Promises and Warnings
... of the future royalty of Christ's servants are given in highly figurative language. ...
His sieve is made to let the wheat through, and to retain the chaff. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/parting promises and warnings.htm

Interpretation of Prophecy.
... monarch's progress through the land of Judea, ending with a figurative account of ...
thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxviii interpretation of prophecy.htm

The Doctrine of the Last Things.
... a tree hewn down and cast into the fire; in 3:12 the chaff (godless) is ... If "fire"
is merely a figurative expression, it must stand for some great reality, and ...
/.../evans/the great doctrines of the bible/the doctrine of the last.htm

The Royal Marriage Feast.
... the Shetland group in which the message sent was an invitation, not figurative but
literal ... heap must be tossed up and winnowed yet again, that the chaff may be ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xii the royal marriage feast.htm

The Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Discourse Suggested Thereby.
... not been cut down, the grain had not been winnowed, nor the chaff burned, nor ... It
stands in figurative contrast to heaven and indicates that Capernaum shall be ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlv the baptists inquiry and.htm

John Chapter iii. 21-Jun
... have everlasting life." Now there is this difference between the figurative image
and ... knows the wheat on His threshing-floor, and knows the chaff; knows the ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xii john chapter iii.htm

Oration on the Holy Lights.
... 1. The figurative Baptism of Israel by Moses in the cloud and in the Sea. ... And what
is the "Fire?" The consuming of the chaff, and the heat of the Spirit. ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxxix oration on the.htm

Ananias and Sapphira.
... This is not to be understood as a figurative expression, denoting the turpitude
and atrocity of his ... The wheat and the chaff lie together upon the barn-floor. ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vi ananias and sapphira.htm

Resources
What is the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon? | GotQuestions.org

Miscellaneous Bible Questions (All) | GotQuestions.org

What are the seven baptisms mentioned in the Bible, and what do they mean? | GotQuestions.org

Chaff: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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