28 Bible Verses about sailing

And every pilot, and all the crew in the ships, and the mariners, and as many as exercise their labours on the sea, stood afar off,

Behold also the ships, though so great, and driven by tempestuous winds, are turned about by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the pilot pleaseth.

Yet even now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

And sailing from thence, on the following day we advanced over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos, and staying at Trogyllium, the day following we came to Miletus.

Therefore sailing from Troas, we came in a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis;

And much time being consumed, and sailing now becoming dangerous, because the fast was already past, Paul admonished them,

but took his leave of them, saying, I must by any means keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem: but I mean to return to you again, if God so please. So he sailed from Ephesus.

And after three months stay we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, from Alexandria, whose sign was Castor and Pollux:

And it came to pass on one of the days, that he went himself into a ship, and his disciples, and said unto them, Let us pass over to the farther side of the lake. And they set fail.

And he saw heaven opened, and there descended to him a certain vessel, as a great sheet with chains at the four corners, and resting upon the earth:

NOW as it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort.

AND tearing ourselves away from them, when we had set sail, we came in a direct course to Coos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara.

saying unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be attended with much damage and loss, not only of the cargo and of the ship, but [danger] of our lives also.

And the third day with our own hands we threw overboard the tackling of the vessel.

And finding a ship passing over to Phenice, we went on board and set sail:

and weathering it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called, The fair havens; near to which is the city Lasea.

Now as the sailors were seeking to escape out of the ship, and had hoisted out the boat into the sea, under pretence as if they were going to carry out anchors a-head,

And traversing the sea opposite to Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Myra, a city of Lycia.

And he answering, said unto them, When evening comes, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red.

saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and behold! God hath graciously given thee all who are sailing with thee.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these men abide in the ship, ye cannot be preserved.

Now after being a long while without food, then stood up Paul in the midst of them, and said, Ye ought, my friends, to have been persuaded by me, and not have sailed from Crete, and got this loss and damage.

Now as the fourteenth night was passing, whilst we were driving about in the Adriatic sea, about midnight the sailors imagined that some land was near to them:

And taking our departure from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, that he might not spend the time in Asia: for he hastened on, if it was possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And weighing the anchors, they committed her to the sea, and loosing at the same time the chains of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the breeze, they made for the beach.

Then we going before to the ship, sailed for Assos, intending there to take in Paul: for so he had ordered, meaning himself to walk thither.

And the harbour not being well situated for a winter station, the greater part advised to sail from thence, if they possibly could reach as far as Phenice to pass the winter, a harbour open to the south-west and north-west.