11 Bible Verses about Sinking
Most Relevant Verses
Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.
But You blew with Your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am bringing on her. They will grow weary.’”
The words of Jeremiah end here.
“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!
“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid. And beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
You threw me into the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and the current overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.