28 Bible Verses about sailing

for in one hour so great wealth is made desolate. And every pilot, and every one that saileth to any place, and mariners, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

Behold also the ships, which, though they are so great, and driven by fierce winds, are yet turned about with a very small rudder, whithersoever the steersman chooseth.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

and sailing thence, we came the following day over against Chios. And the next day we arrived at Samos; and having tarried at Trogyllium, we came the next day to Miletus.

And setting sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now dangerous, because the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

but having taken leave of them, saying, I will return to you, if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

And after three months we put to sea in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a boat with his disciples, and said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake; and they put off.

and he beheld heaven opened, and a sort of vessel descending, as it were a large sheet having cords at the four corners, and let down upon the earth;

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

And it came to pass, after we had torn ourselves from them, and had put to sea, that we came with a straight course to Cos, and the day following to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara.

saying, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives.

and the third day we cast out with our own hands the movables of the ship.

And finding a ship crossing over to Phenicia, we went aboard, and put to sea.

and coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city Lasea.

And as the sailors were seeking means to escape from the ship, when they had lowered the boat into the sea, under the pretence that they were about to carry out anchors from the foreship,

And having sailed over the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

And he answering said to them, When it is evening, ye say, Fair weather! for the sky is red.

saying, Fear not, Paul! Thou must stand before Caesar; and lo, God hath given thee all those that sail with thee.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these men do not stay in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

And after there had been much abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have put to sea from Crete, nod thus brought upon yourselves this injury and loss.

And when the fourteenth night had come on, as we were driven onward in the Adriatic sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were near some country;

And thence putting to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not be detained in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea, and at the same time unfastening the rudderbands, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made toward the beach.

We however, going forward to the ship, put to sea for Assos, intending to take in Paul from that place; for so he had appointed, intending himself to go on foot.

And as the harbor was not well situated for wintering, the greater part advised to sail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter.