17 Bible Verses about Sea, Metaphorical References

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Isaiah 57:20

And the unjust as the tossed sea when it shall not be able to rest, and its waters will toss up mud and mire;

Isaiah 17:12

Wo to the multitude of many peoples; they will sound as the sound of the seas; and the tumult to the nations shall rage as the tumult of great waters.

James 1:6

And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion.

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?

Job 11:9

Its measure long above the earth, and broad above the sea.

Job 14:11-12

The waters departed from the sea, and the river will be wasted and dried up; And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.

Psalm 93:4

Jehovah on high is great above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea.

Isaiah 5:30

And they shall groan against them in that day as the groaning of the sea: and they looked to the land and, behold, straitened darkness, and the light darkened in its clouds.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not do evil, and they shall not destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth full of the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters covering to the sea.

Isaiah 48:18

Would thou didst attend to my commands! and thy peace shall be as a river, and thy justice as the billows of the sea.

Jeremiah 6:23

They shall lay hold of bow and javelin; it is fierce and they will not pity; their voice will roar as the sea, and they will ride upon horses arranged as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion..

Jeremiah 49:23

To Damascus: Hamath was ashamed, and Arpad: for they heard the evil report: they melted; fear upon the sea; it will not be able to rest

Jeremiah 50:42

They shall hold. the bow and the javelin: they are fierce, and they will not pity: their voice shall sound as the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, being arranged as a man for war, against thee, O daughter of Babel.

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea came up against Babel: with the multitude of rolling waves was she covered.

Lamentations 2:13

What shall I testify for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for great as the sea thy breaking: who shall heal for thee?

Ezekiel 26:3

For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me against thee, O Tyre and I brought up many nations against thee as the sea brought up to its waves.

Zechariah 10:11

And he passed through the sea of straits, and he struck the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river dried up; and the pride of Assur was brought down, and the rod of Egypt shall depart

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