26 Bible Verses about sailing

And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off,

behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers;

And now I exhort you to take courage: for there will be no loss of the life of you, except the ship.

And thence having sailed away on the following day we arrived opposite Chios; and on the following day we touched at Samos, and on the next day we came into Miletus.

And having embarked from Troas, we sailed directly to Samothrace, and on the following day into Neapolis,

And much time passing away, and navigation being already unsafe, because the Fast had already passed by, Paul exhorted them,

but having bidden them adieu; and saying, I will return unto you again, God willing; he embarked from Ephesus;

And after three months we embarked in an Alexandrian ship, having spent the winter in the island, dedicated to the sons of Jupiter.

And it came to pass on one of the days, He and His disciples went into a ship. And He said to them, Let us go to the other side of the lake. And they were embarked.

and he saw the heaven open, and a certain vessel like a great sheet came down, and resting upon the earth with four rope ends:

And when it was determined that we should sail away into Italy, they committed both Paul and certain other prisoners to the centurion, Julius by name, of the band of Augustus.

saying to them, Men, I perceive that this voyage is going to be with peril and much loss, not only with the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.

and on the third day with their own hands they threw overboard the tackling of the ship;

and, with difficulty passing by it, we came into a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasea.

And the sailors seeking to escape from the ship, and lowering the boat into the sea, with a pretext as about to cast anchors from the prow,

and having sailed through the sea which is opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down into Myra of Lycia.

And He responding said to them, It being evening, you say, It will be fair weather: because the sky is red:

saying, Fear not, Paul; for it behooveth thee to stand before Caesar: and, behold, God has given thee all those sailing along with thee.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these may remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved.

And there being much fasting, Paul standing in their midst, said, O men, truly it behooved you obeying me, not to depart from Crete, and incur this injury and loss.

And when it was the fourteenth night, we being borne along in the Adriatic Sea, about the middle of the night the sailors surmised that some country was coming to them.

And having embarked from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary:

For Paul decided to sail by Ephesus, in order that it might not be necessary for him to spend the time in Asia: for he was hastening, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And having knocked off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and raising up the main sail to the blowing wind, they made for the shore.

But we, having come in advance to the ship, embarked for Assos, thence being about to take up Paul, for he had so commanded us, himself being about to go on foot.

And the harbor being unsafe for spending the winter, most of them projected to the council to depart thence, if perchance they might be able, having arrived into Phoenix, to spend the winter there; a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southeast and the northeast.