40 Bible Verses about lakes

“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

“I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;

Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”

And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

“From the breath of God ice is made,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.

Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

Of Naphtali he said,
“O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
Take possession of the sea and the south.”

“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters.

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.

Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,

When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.