The word in Scripture

Chaff in the Bible

The word chaff appears 14 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Chaff is the worthless husk blown away in judgment. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What chaff means in the Bible

Chaff is the worthless husk blown away in judgment.

Where the word chaff appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word chaff appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.”Job 21:18

“The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.”Psalms 1:4

“Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.”Psalms 35:5

“Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.”Isaiah 29:5

“Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.”Isaiah 33:11

“The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 23:28

“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”Matthew 3:12

“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.”Luke 3:17