9 Bible Verses about Oceans
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So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day. God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.read more.
God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,read more.
when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?
The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains. Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off -- as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.read more.
You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,
This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,
"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."
The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all.