11 Bible Verses about Making Still

“He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

He caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

He *said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.

They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.

So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you.”

So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.