John 3:12 contrasts earthly and heavenly things; this earthly illustration (wind) is a stepping stone to deeper truths.

John 1:13 describes being born of God, not by human will — the same spiritual birth Jesus equates with the wind-like Spirit.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 uses the same mystery of spirit/wind to illustrate human ignorance of God's ways — directly parallel to Jesus' analogy for the Spirit.

Ezekiel 37:9 has the prophet summon 'breath' from the four winds to bring life — prefiguring the Spirit's life-giving work Jesus describes in being born again.

Mark 4:26-29's parable of the seed growing secretly parallels the unseen, autonomous work of the Spirit in new birth.

Acts 2:2 describes the Spirit's arrival with a sound like rushing wind — the same wind imagery Jesus uses to explain the Spirit's unseen work.

1 Corinthians 12:11 emphasizes the Spirit's sovereign will in distributing gifts — mirroring the 'blows where it wishes' sovereignty of the Spirit.

Job 37:10-13 depicts God's control over literal wind, echoing the Spirit's sovereign movement in John 3:8.

Mark 4:27 similarly describes a mysterious natural process (seed growth) that the man doesn't understand, paralleling the hidden work of the Spirit.

Job 37:16 questions human knowledge of God's works, mirroring the mystery of the wind/Spirit in John 3:8.

Amos 4:13 depicts God as creator of the wind, reinforcing the divine origin and sovereignty of the Spirit's work described here.