44 Bible Verses about Boats

Then the LORD told Noah, "Come you and all your household into the ark, because I've seen that you alone are righteous in this generation.

But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD.

So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves. Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Meanwhile, the sailors had begun trying to escape from the ship. They lowered the lifeboat into the sea and pretended that they were going to lay out the anchors from the bow.

and forded it to assist the king at the crossing so he could do whatever he wished.

Simon Peter told them, "I'm going fishing." They all told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow stuck and couldn't be moved, while the stern was broken to pieces by the force of the waves.

which sends envoys by the sea, in papyrus boats over the water! Go, swift messengers, to a tall, smooth-skinned nation, to a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide.

They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat repairing their nets.

He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn't crush him,

Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.

When Jesus got into the boat, his disciples went with him.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He told them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.

After getting into a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side and came to his own city.

After he sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and went to the region of Magadan.

So they left the crowd and took him away in a boat without making any special preparations. Other boats were with him.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him.

When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat, a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.

Leaving them, he got into a boat again and crossed to the other side.

Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.

As they got into the boat, the wind stopped blowing.

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped blowing. The disciples were utterly astounded,

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while he was alone on the land.

Then Jesus told Simon, "Stop being afraid. From now on you will be catching people." So when they brought the boats to shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.

Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and set it adrift.

As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the ship's lifeboat.