15 Bible Verses about Sea Dwellers

God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they were different from one another.

"'These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.

But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.

They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores.

Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.

Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!

Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful."

You are no more secure than Thebes -- she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall.