Thematic Bible: Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of


Thematic Bible




Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out of his mother's womb?

saying, 'Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou lay down thy proud and high waves.'

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth,

Fear ye not me, sayeth the LORD? Are ye not ashamed, to look me in the face? Which bind the sea with the sand, so that it cannot pass his bounds: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing; and though the waves thereof do swell, yet may they not go over.


and then the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and shut up the heaven that there be no rain and that your land yield not her fruit, and that ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

For seven days hence will I send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and will destroy all manner of things that I have made, from off the face of the earth."

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD, and the thunder and hail ceased, neither rained it any more upon the earth.

"When he commandeth the snow, it falleth upon the earth: As soon as he giveth the rain a charge, immediately the showers have their strength, and fall down.


At his voice the waters gather together in the air; he draweth up the clouds from the utmost parts of the earth: he turneth lightning to rain, and bringeth forth the winds out of their treasures.









And he rose up and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, "Peace and be still." And the wind allayed, and there followed a great calm:

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?



Nevertheless, lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast in thine angle, and take the fish that first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of twenty pence: that take, and pay for me and thee."


And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they gathered up of the gobbets that remained twelve baskets full.


and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards." And anon the fig tree withered away.


In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came unto them, walking on the sea:


And he rose up and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, "Peace and be still." And the wind allayed, and there followed a great calm:


And Jesus said unto them, "Fill the water pots with water." And they filled them up to the hard brim.