56 Bible Verses about The Sea

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Psalm 93:4

The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

Psalm 77:19

Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

Psalm 146:6

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

Psalm 46:2

For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

Psalm 104:25

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

Exodus 14:21

And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

Proverbs 8:29

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

Psalm 8:8

The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

Job 38:16

Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

Psalm 66:6

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

Deuteronomy 30:13

And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?

Psalm 107:23

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

Psalm 93:3

The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

Revelation 10:5

And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

Haggai 2:6

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

Job 38:8

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Genesis 1:10

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

Isaiah 60:5

Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Job 28:14

The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

Isaiah 51:10

Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?

Revelation 8:9

And destruction came on a third part of the living things which were in the sea, and on a third part of the ships.

Hosea 4:3

Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

Isaiah 43:16

This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:9

By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

Revelation 4:6

And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

Leviticus 11:9

These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

John 6:18

The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

Revelation 16:3

And the second let what was in his vessel come out into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea came to an end.

Isaiah 51:15

For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

Revelation 5:13

And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

Matthew 13:1

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

Psalm 46:3

Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

Hosea 1:10

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

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the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Mediterranean or great sea

Deuteronomy 11:24

Every place where you put your foot will be yours: from the waste land and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates as far as the Great Sea, will be the limits of your land.

Zechariah 14:8

And on that day living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them flowing to the sea on the east and half to the sea on the west: in summer and in winter it will be so.

Numbers 34:6

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.

Deuteronomy 34:2

And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, as far as the Great Sea of the west;

the Sea » Lakes often called

Deuteronomy 3:17

As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

Matthew 8:24

And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

Job 6:3

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Psalm 78:27

He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

the Sea » Called the » Deep

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

Job 41:31

The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.

the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous

Acts 27:9

And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,

2 Corinthians 11:26

In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

Acts 27:20

And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea

Exodus 13:18

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:31

I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you.

Exodus 10:19

And the Lord sent a very strong west wind, which took up the locusts, driving them into the Red Sea; not one locust was to be seen in any part of Egypt.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Often built cities on the borders of

Genesis 49:13

The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.

Ezekiel 27:3

And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee

Matthew 4:18

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

John 6:1

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

the Sea » God » Stills, by his power

the Sea » God » Created

the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree

Job 38:8

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Job 38:10-11

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven

Revelation 15:2

And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.

Revelation 4:6

And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.

the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Lamentations 2:13

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? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

the Sea » Replenished by rivers

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.

the Sea » Great rivers often called

Jeremiah 51:36

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

Isaiah 11:15

And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Salt or dead sea

Genesis 14:3

All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).

Numbers 34:12

And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.

the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days

the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies

Isaiah 5:30

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

Jeremiah 6:23

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

the Sea » Passed over in ships

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

Psalm 107:23

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high

Psalm 93:3

The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

the Sea » Made to glorify God

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of joppa or sea of the philistines

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

Exodus 23:21

Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him

the Sea » The waves of » Mighty

Psalm 93:4

The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

Acts 27:41

And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke

Nahum 1:4

He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

the Sea » Of immense extent

Psalm 104:25

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous

Jude 1:13

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from

Deuteronomy 33:19

They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

the Sea » Shall give up its dead at the last day

Revelation 20:13

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man by his works.

the Sea » Rivers supplied by exhalations from

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

the Sea » God » Made the birds and fishes out of

Genesis 1:20-22

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven. And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good. And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small

Psalm 104:25-26

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered. There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

the Sea » The renewed earth shall be without

the Sea » Raised by the wind

Psalm 107:25-26

For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves. The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer

Jeremiah 48:32

My weeping for you, O vine of Sibmah, will be more than the weeping of Jazer: your branches have gone over the sea, stretching even to Jazer: destruction has come down on your summer fruits and your cut grapes.

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies

Ezekiel 26:3-4

For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves. And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock

the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.

the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro

Jeremiah 5:22

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

the Sea » Numerous islands in

Ezekiel 26:18

Now the sea-lands will be shaking in the day of your fall; and all the ships on the sea will be overcome with fear at your going.

the Sea » Sand the barrier of

Jeremiah 5:22

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked

Isaiah 57:20

But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea

Psalm 104:25

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

the Sea » God » Measures the waters of

Isaiah 40:12

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

the Sea » The gathering together of the waters originally called

Genesis 1:10

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan

Job 41:31-32

The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel. After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

the Sea » The wonders of God seen in

the Sea » Called the » Great waters

Psalm 77:19

Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in

Psalm 135:6

The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.

the Sea » Of great depth

Psalm 68:22

The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » The adriatic or sea of adria

Acts 27:27

But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon

the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word

Haggai 2:6

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady

the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

the Sea » The clouds the garment of

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so. And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Topics on The Sea

Expanse Of The Sea

Psalm 139:9

If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

In The Heart Of The Sea

Ezekiel 26:19

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

Limits For The Sea

Job 38:10-11

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

The Sea Divided

Nehemiah 9:11

By you the sea was parted 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 1:11

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

The Sea Stirred Up

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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