Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

General references

Bible References

He gathereth

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Job 26:10

“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 38:8

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
Proverbs 8:29

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—
Jeremiah 5:22

‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]

Heap

Exodus 15:8

“With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up,
The flowing waters stood up like a mound;
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Joshua 3:13
When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, [come to] rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing down from above will be cut off, and they will stand in one mass [of water].”
Habakkuk 3:15

You have trampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the surge of many waters.

General references

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Job 38:22

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Acts 7:50

Was it not My hand that made all these things?’