58 Bible Verses about The Sea

Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea, in summer and winter alike.

Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,

The Arabah and Jordan are also borders from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this?—even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.

I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!
That is why my words are rash.

He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.

Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans.
Once I was stoned by my enemies.
Three times I was shipwrecked.
I have spent a night and a day
in the open sea.

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

They saw the Lord’s works,
His wonderful works in the deep.

By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Fast was already over, Paul gave his advice

On frequent journeys, I faced
dangers from rivers,
dangers from robbers,
dangers from my own people,
dangers from the Gentiles,
dangers in the city,
dangers in the open country,
dangers on the sea,
and dangers among false brothers;

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

So He led the people around toward the Red Sea along the road of the wilderness. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt in battle formation.

I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

Then the Lord changed the wind to a strong west wind, and it carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Zebulun will live by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships,
and his territory will be next to Sidon.

Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Are you better than Thebes
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river her wall?

As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

You silence the roar of the seas,
the roar of their waves,
and the tumult of the nations.

You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.

He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

The sea is His; He made it.
His hands formed the dry land.

He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.

Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,

when I determined its boundaries and put [its] bars and doors in place, when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"?

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne. Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were in the middle and around the throne.

I will be with you
when you pass through the waters,
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,
and the flame will not burn you.

מ MemWhat can I say on your behalf?
What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?
What can I liken you to,
so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?
For your ruin is as vast as the sea.
Who can heal you?

All the streams flow to the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.

He said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water, the water of the sea becomes fresh.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf;
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.

The Lord will divide the Gulf of Suez.
He will wave His hand over the Euphrates
with His mighty wind
and will split it into seven streams,
letting people walk through on foot.

All of these came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).

Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”

For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the waters cover the sea.

None will harm or destroy another
on My entire holy mountain,
for the land will be as full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the sea is filled with water.

On that day they will roar over it,
like the roaring of the sea.
When one looks at the land,
there will be darkness and distress;
light will be obscured by clouds.

They grasp bow and javelin.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast waters.

He spoke and raised a tempest
that stirred up the waves of the sea.

The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.

Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,

Praise the Lord from the earth,
all sea monsters and ocean depths,

They gave money to the stonecutters and artisans, and gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they could bring cedar wood from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, according to the authorization given them by King Cyrus of Persia.

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice. Do not defy him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in him.

Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.

He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
even the flower of Lebanon withers.

Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.

Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring sea and waves.

They summon the peoples to a mountain;
there they offer acceptable sacrifices.
For they draw from the wealth of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.

Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works.

All the streams flow to the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.

Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. [He also created] every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So God blessed them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number- living things both large and small. There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed.

He spoke and raised a tempest that stirred up the waves of the sea. Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,

I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre! I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock.

The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered with its turbulent waves.

Do you not fear Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.

Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your downfall;
the islands in the sea
are alarmed by your demise.”

Do you not fear Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.

If only you had paid attention to My commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.

Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?

God called the dry land “earth,” and He called the gathering of the water “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

He makes the depths seethe like a caldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar. He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

They saw the Lord’s works,
His wonderful works in the deep.

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.

Yahweh does whatever He pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and in the middle of the night the sailors thought they were approaching land.

for He laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.

For the Lord of Hosts says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its blanket,

when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its blanket,

Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land "earth," and He called the gathering of the water "seas." And God saw that it was good.