50 Bible Verses about Floods

"For my part, I'm about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

This is what the LORD says: "Look, waters are rising from the north, and they'll become an overflowing river. They'll overflow the land and all that fills it the city and those that live in it. People will cry out, and all those living in the land will wail.

and it rained throughout the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people;

Indeed, he founded it upon the seas, he established it upon deep waters.

The flood waters surged over the earth for 150 days.

let the rivers clap their hands in unison; and let the mountains sing for joy

On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

The LORD sat enthroned over the flood, and the LORD sits as king forever.

"For this is like the waters of Noah to me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again spread over the earth; so have I sworn that I won't be angry with you again and that I won't rebuke you.

There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, and there will be fearful events and awful signs from heaven."

The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the earth.

This is what the LORD says: "See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees.

Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.

I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth."

The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed.

The rivers have flooded, LORD; the rivers have spoken aloud, the rivers have lifted up their crushing waves.

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

by which the world at that time was deluged with water and destroyed.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

So God announced to Noah, "I've decided to destroy every living thing on earth, because it has become filled with violence due to them. Look! I'm about to annihilate them, along with the earth.

Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land.

You caused men to ride over us. You brought us through fire and water, but you led us to abundance.

The flood waters rose 15 cubits above the mountains.

For I'll pour water upon thirsty ground and streams on parched land. So will I pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.

But with an overwhelming deluge he will bring utter desolation to Nineveh, and his enemies he will pursue with darkness.

and sent out a raven. It went back and forth as the flood water continued to evaporate throughout the earth.

Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,

The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.

They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;

Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?

From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood.

These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood.

But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.

When you pass through the waters, I'll be with you; and through the rivers, they won't sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won't be scorched, and the flame won't set you ablaze.

You'll forget your suffering; you'll remember it like water that has evaporated.

The rain fell, the floods came, the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed and its collapse was total."

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "In my burning anger, I'll rip it open with a windstorm. In my anger, I'll rinse it off with rain, and put an end to it with a hailstorm in my destructive rage.

the swollen waters would have swept us away.

The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land.

The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

These are the family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.