50 Bible Verses about Floods

“Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will die.

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

This is what the Lord says:

Look, waters are rising from the north
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

and the rain fell on the earth 40 days and 40 nights.

and if He didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

for He laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.

And the waters surged on the earth 150 days.

Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

The Lord sat enthroned at the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me:
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

For this is what the Lord says:

I will make peace flow to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flood;
you will nurse and be carried on her hip
and bounced on her lap.

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

I confirm My covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by the waters of a flood; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.

The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.

For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.

Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.

People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

For the waves of death engulfed me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

When He withholds the waters, everything dries up,
and when He releases them, they destroy the land.

You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.

The mountains were covered as the waters surged above them more than 20 feet.

For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
and My blessing on your offspring.

But He will completely destroy Nineveh
with an overwhelming flood,
and He will chase His enemies into darkness.

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;

Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters churn?

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent.

These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Davidic.Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.

I will be with you
when you pass through the waters,
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,
and the flame will not burn you.

For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!”

“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.

the raging waters would have swept over us.

When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down.

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.