44 Bible Verses about Boats
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The LORD said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
On the next day, the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
A ferry boat went to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he had come over the Jordan.
Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We are also coming with you." They went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.
And great crowds gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the crowd stood on the beach.
They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide."
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
And immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.
And again he began to teach by the seaside. And a great crowd was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the crowd were on the land by the sea.
Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.
And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Then he sent away the crowds, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
And leaving the crowd, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other boats were also with him.
As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
And when Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
All the people of the surrounding country of the Geresenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves;
And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the crowds away.
And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away.
and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a secluded place to be alone. When the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
On the next day, the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
And a big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
And when he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
When the crowd therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
