40 Bible Verses about lakes
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I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
One day He and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,
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.
The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
On that day, when evening had come, He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”
The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed Himself in this way:
Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them.
Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.
Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,
He said about Naphtali:
Naphtali, enjoying approval,
full of the Lord’s blessing,
take possession to the west and the south.
when water becomes as hard as stone,
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?
“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.
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.
Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works.
Jesus departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, Judea,
The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea knew there had been only one boat. They also knew that Jesus had not boarded the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone off alone.
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and beached the boat.
Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.
As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.
He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already set in, but Jesus had not yet come to them.
When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.
But the boat was already over a mile from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.
After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.
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As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret. He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
