58 Bible Verses about The Sea

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Psalm 77:19

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

Psalm 146:6

Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

Psalm 24:2

For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;

Psalm 104:25

Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.

Exodus 14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Proverbs 8:29

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Psalm 8:8

The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Deuteronomy 30:13

And it is not beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?

Psalm 93:3

The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.

Revelation 10:5

And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,

Haggai 2:6

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

Job 38:8

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

Isaiah 60:5

Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.

Job 28:14

The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Isaiah 51:10

Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Revelation 8:9

and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Hosea 4:3

For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Isaiah 43:16

Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

Revelation 4:6

and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

Psalm 69:34

Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

Leviticus 11:9

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;

John 6:18

and the sea was agitated by a strong wind blowing.

Revelation 16:3

And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.

Isaiah 51:15

And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and those that are upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.

Matthew 13:1

And that same day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.

Psalm 46:3

Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.

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

Deuteronomy 11:24

Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be.

Zechariah 14:8

And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Numbers 34:6

And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and its coast. This shall be your west border.

Deuteronomy 34:2

and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hindmost sea,

the Sea » Lakes often called

Deuteronomy 3:17

the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.

Matthew 8:24

and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.

the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.

Psalm 78:27

And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

the Sea » Called the » Deep

2 Corinthians 11:25

Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:

Job 41:31

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;

the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous

Acts 27:9

And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,

2 Corinthians 11:26

in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Acts 27:20

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea

Exodus 13:18

And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:31

And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

Exodus 10:19

And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

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

Genesis 49:13

Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side toucheth upon Sidon.

Ezekiel 27:3

and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

Nahum 3:8

Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall?

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee

Matthew 4:18

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.

John 6:1

After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, or 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

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Job 38:10-11

When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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

Revelation 15:2

And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.

Revelation 4:6

and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;

the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Lamentations 2:13

What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?

the Sea » Replenished by rivers

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall be healed.

the Sea » Great rivers often called

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.

Isaiah 11:15

And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind will he shake his hand over the river, and will smite it into seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Numbers 34:12

and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

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 they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Jeremiah 6:23

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.

the Sea » Passed over in ships

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high

Psalm 107:25

For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

Psalm 93:3

The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.

the Sea » Made to glorify God

Psalm 69:34

Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Exodus 23:21

Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.

the Sea » The waves of » Mighty

Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.

the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke

Nahum 1:4

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

the Sea » Of immense extent

Psalm 104:25

Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.

the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from

Deuteronomy 33:19

They shall invite the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they will suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures 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 hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:

the Sea » Rivers supplied by exhalations from

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

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

Genesis 1:20-22

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.

the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small

Psalm 104:25-26

Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

the Sea » The renewed earth shall be without

the Sea » Raised by the wind

Psalm 107:25-26

For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer

Jeremiah 48:32

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer: thy shoots passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

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

Ezekiel 26:3-4

therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro

Jeremiah 5:22

Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

the Sea » Numerous islands in

Ezekiel 26:18

Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

the Sea » Sand the barrier of

Jeremiah 5:22

Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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

Isaiah 48:18

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

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

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea

Psalm 104:25

Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.

the Sea » God » Measures the waters of

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?

the Sea » The gathering together of the waters originally called

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan

Job 41:31-32

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

the Sea » The wonders of God seen in

the Sea » Called the » Great waters

Psalm 77:19

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in

Psalm 135:6

Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;

the Sea » Of great depth

Psalm 68:22

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;

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

Acts 27:27

And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,

the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon

Psalm 24:2

For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word

Haggai 2:6

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake 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 garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

the Sea » The clouds the garment of

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called 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 dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

In The Heart Of The Sea

Ezekiel 26:19

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters cover thee:

Limits For The Sea

Job 38:10-11

When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

The Sea Divided

Nehemiah 9:11

And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

The Sea Stilled

Jonah 1:11

And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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