26 Bible Verses about Divine Power Over Nature

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up twelve full baskets of the leftover broken pieces.

And in the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.

However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them [to pay the temple tax] for you and Me.”

Seeing a lone fig tree at the roadside, He went to it and found nothing but leaves on it; and He said to it, “Never again will fruit come from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down [as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm [a perfect peacefulness].

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;

And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?

He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.

You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—

‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]

Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples,

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

He hushed the storm to a gentle whisper,
So that the waves of the sea were still.

So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was [at once] a great and wonderful calm [a perfect peacefulness].

And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

Lightning and hail, snow and fog;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!

For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”

So Moses left the city and Pharaoh, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured on the earth.

or [else] the Lord’s anger will be kindled and burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds and the mist to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His treasuries and from His storehouses.