76 Bible Verses about Sea
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Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so. God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good.
Do you not reverence (respect) me? Asks Jehovah. Do you not tremble [with awe] in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they cannot break through. Although they roar, they cannot cross it.
He made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps truth (faith) forever!
Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.
seek the creator of the cluster of stars named Pleiades and the star constellation Orion. He turns the shadow of death into morning, and makes the day dark with night. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name!
He builds his chambers in the heavens. He founded his dome over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name.
When they heard they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: Jehovah, you are God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all in them.
They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things.
The sea is so big and wide with many creatures, living things both large and small.
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the people who are on the face of the earth will shake at my presence! The mountains will be thrown down! The steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.'
Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.
Why do you make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters (Egypt's Army) in the waters.
He stills the sea with his power. He struck down Rahab with his understanding.
In that day Jehovah will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword. He will slay Leviathan the fleeing, coiling serpent, the monster of the sea.
The dragon stood on the shore by the sea. I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. His horns had ten crowns on them. Blasphemous names were on his heads.
Though they hide on top of Mount Carmel I will search and find them and take them from there. Though they hide from my sight on the bottom of the sea I will command the serpent to bite them.
Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at Jehovah's stern warning, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
You will again have compassion on us. You will tread our iniquities under foot. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.
He who causes one of my faithful little ones to stumble is in trouble. It would be better for him to end up in the deep sea with a great stone tied to his neck.
Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. The Egyptians tried and were drowned.
These joined forces in the Valley of Siddim at the Dead Sea.
He got back the old limits of Israel from the way into Hamath to the sea of the Arabah. This was what Jehovah said by his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gathhepher.
It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,
After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea, it will be the western border. The northern border will follow a line from the Mediterranean to Mount Hor
From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
On the fourteenth night we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria. About midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
Hiram made a round tank of copper, seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference. All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of copper gourds. They were all cast in one piece with the rest of the tank. The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction.read more.
The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons.
King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the copper bulls which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.
The copper pillars in the Temple of Jehovah, and the wheeled bases, and the great copper water-vessel in the Temple of Jehovah were broken up by the Chaldaeans. They took the copper to Babylon.
A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God.
There will be trouble for the multitude of people, because they will roar like the roar of the seas. Woe to the rushing of nations that makes a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
Am I a sea monster that you place a guard on me?
Just like water that disappears from the sea or a riverbed that becomes parched and dry, so men lie down and do not rise. Until the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters. Yes he is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea.
In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.
They will not hurt or destroy in my entire holy mountain. This is because the earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah just as the waters cover the sea.
If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.
But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
They seize bow and spear. They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses. They are arrayed as a man for the battle against you, O daughter of Zion!
This is what Jehovah said about Damascus: The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.
They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
What example am I to give you? What comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your destruction is great like the sea. Who is able to make you well?
Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: 'I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
He will pass through the sea of affliction and will strike the waves in the sea. The depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be removed and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea.
From Thematic Bible
Great » Mysteries, that test the faith of men » Sea
From the wilderness and nearby Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun (to the west), shall be your coast.
The southern border of Gad will run south from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh, and it will run along the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea, it will be the western border.
All the kings west of Jordan heard these things; the kings in the hills, and in the valleys, in all the coasts of the Great (Mediterraean) Sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard these things.
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.
On the west their territory extended to the Jordan River, from Lake Galilee in the north down to the Dead Sea in the south and to the foot of (Mount) Pisgah on the east.
It included the region east of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea and east to the foot of Mount Pisgah.
These joined forces in the Valley of Siddim at the Dead Sea.
It will happen! Living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be both in the summer and in the winter.
Sea » Dead
The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.
On the west their territory extended to the Jordan River, from Lake Galilee in the north down to the Dead Sea in the south and to the foot of (Mount) Pisgah on the east.
It included the region east of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea and east to the foot of Mount Pisgah.
These joined forces in the Valley of Siddim at the Dead Sea.
It will happen! Living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be both in the summer and in the winter.
Sea » Of galilee
It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,
Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen.
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He presented himself this way.
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
Sea » Great
From the wilderness and nearby Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun (to the west), shall be your coast.
The southern border of Gad will run south from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh, and it will run along the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea, it will be the western border.
All the kings west of Jordan heard these things; the kings in the hills, and in the valleys, in all the coasts of the Great (Mediterraean) Sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard these things.
Sea » The sea controlled
He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.
Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb?
when I said: 'This far you may come and no farther'; here is where your proud waves halt?
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He puts the ocean depth in his storehouses.
You set a boundary that they may not go beyond. They will not return to cover the earth.
Sea » Symbolical » In john's apocalyptic vision
I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God.
The dragon stood on the shore by the sea. I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. His horns had ten crowns on them. Blasphemous names were on his heads.
The voice I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said: Go take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the earth.
A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea.
Sea » Creation of
Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so. God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good.
Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky. Let them praise the name of Jehovah for they were created by his command.
Sea » Lake galilee calmed by jesus
A great windstorm came up and the waves came into the boat. He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They woke him. They said: Master is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction? He awoke from sleep and commanded the wind and sea. He commanded the sea to be at peace and rest. And he commanded the wind to go down and there was a great calm.
Suddenly a storm blew in and the boat was covered with waves. Jesus was asleep. And they came to him, woke him, and cried: Save us, Lord, or we will perish. He said to them: Why are you afraid, you of little faith? Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. Suddenly there was a great calm.
Sea » Jesus walked upon lake galilee
Just before morning, Jesus walked to them on the water. When they saw him walking on the water they were troubled. It is a spirit (apparition) (illusion)! they screamed! They cried out with fear. At once Jesus said: It is I; do not be afraid. read more.
Peter said to him: Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water. He said: Come. Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. When he noticed how strong the wind was, he became afraid. He began to sink, and cried: Help me Lord! Suddenly, Jesus put out his hand and took hold of him, and said: You of little faith, why were you in doubt?
Sea » Symbolical » In daniel's vision
Daniel said: I saw in my vision by night, the four winds of heaven blew upon the great sea. Four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
Sea » The dead, to be given up by the, at the resurrection
The sea gave up the dead in it. Death and the grave delivered up the dead in them. Every man was judged according to his works.
Topics on Sea
A Way Through The Red Sea
Exodus 14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. Jehovah swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land. The waters were divided.
Coming To The Red Sea
Exodus 13:18He led them by way of the desert by the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.
Creation Of The Seas
Exodus 20:11Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them in six days. He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Expanse Of The Sea
Psalm 139:9If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
In The Heart Of The Sea
Ezekiel 26:19The Lord Jehovah says: 'When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,
Mediterranean Sea
Genesis 49:13Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.
Other References To The Red Sea
Exodus 10:19Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
Sea Dwellers
Genesis 1:20God said: Let the waters be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.
Sea Of Glass
Revelation 15:2I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God.
Sea Travel
Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel on both sea and land to make one convert. When this happens, you make him twice as deserving of destruction in the trash fires of the valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna).
Sea, Metaphorical References
Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
The Sea Divided
Nehemiah 9:11You parted the sea before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.
The Sea Stilled
Jonah 1:11Then they said: What shall we do to you to make the sea calm for us? But the sea grew more and more stormy.
The Sea Stirred Up
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
Things Like The Sea
Psalm 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like great deep water. O Jehovah, you preserve man and beast.