58 Bible Verses about The Sea
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[Mightier] than the rumblings of many waters, [mightier] than [the] mighty breakers of [the] sea, Yahweh on high [is] mighty.
Your way [was] through the sea, and your path through many waters. Yet your footprints were not discerned.
who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, the one who keeps faith forever,
because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.
Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,
This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, like the waters covering the sea.
The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh moved the sea with a strong east wind all night, and he made the sea [become] dry ground, and the waters were divided.
{when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,
He turned [the] sea into dry ground; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him.
And [it is] {not beyond the sea}, {so that you might say}, 'Who will cross for us to the other side of the sea and take it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?'
[The] rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh; [the] rivers have lifted up their {rumbling}; [the] rivers have lifted up their pounding.
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and dry land.
"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,
And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.
Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
Then you shall see and you shall be radiant; and your heart shall tremble and open itself wide, because [the] abundance of [the] sea shall fall upon you; [the] wealth of [the] nations shall come to you.
Are you not the one who dried up [the] sea, [the] waters of [the] great deep, the one who {made} [the] depths of [the] sea a way for those who are redeemed to cross over?
and a third of the creatures in the sea--the ones which had life--died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist [any] longer.
And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."
Therefore the land mourns, and all [those] living in it languish with the animals of the field, and the birds of the heaven, and even the fish of the sea are being swept away.
Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters,
The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea, and his choice adjutants were sunk in the {Red Sea}.
So he rebuked {the Red Sea}, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as [through] a desert.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
Let heavens and earth praise him, [the] seas and all that moves in them,
" 'These you may eat from all that [are] in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, [whether] in the seas or in the streams--such you may eat.
And the second poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood, like [that] of a dead person, and every living thing [that was] in the sea died.
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
For I [am] Yahweh, your God, who stirs up the sea, {so that} its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.
On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, [the] fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, [the] twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that [is] in the sea.
And I heard every creature that [is] in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea and everything in them saying, "To the one who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb [be] praise and honor and glory and power {forever and ever}."
though its waters roar [and] foam, though mountains shake with its surging [water]. Selah
The number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea that cannot be measured or counted; and in the place where it is said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "Children of [the] living God."
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the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Mediterranean or great sea
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, it shall be yours; your boundary shall be from the desert and Lebanon from the river, the river Euphrates, on up to the western sea.
{And then} on that day, living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea, and the other half to the western sea; it will happen [both] in the summer and in the winter.
" 'Your western boundary will be the Great Sea; this will be your western boundary.
and all of Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all of the land of Judah, up to the western sea,
the Sea » Lakes often called
And the {Jordan Valley} [with] the Jordan [River as its] boundary, from Kinnereth up to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, [with] the slopes of Pisgah toward the east.
And the men were astonished, saying, "What sort of [man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"
And he said to them, "Go!" So they departed [and] went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.
And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.
the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand
that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.
God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.
for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,
Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.
the Sea » Called the » Deep
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. A day and a night I have spent in the deep water.
It makes [the] deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes [the] sea like a pot of ointment.
they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.
the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous
And [because] considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul strongly recommended,
[I have been] on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,
But [when] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and [with] not a little bad weather confronting [us], finally all hope was abandoned [that] we would be saved.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea
So God led the people around [by] the way of the desert [to] the {Red Sea}, and the {Israelites} went up in battle array from the land of Egypt.
" 'And I will set your boundary from the {Red Sea} and up to the sea of the Philistines and from [the] desert up to the river, because I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out from before you.
And Yahweh turned a very strong {west wind} and lifted up the locusts and thrust them into the {Red Sea}, and not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
the Sea » Commercial nations » Often built cities on the borders of
Zebulun shall settle by the shore of the sea. He [shall become] a haven for ships, and his border [shall be] at Sidon.
And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at [the] entrance of the sea [as] the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Tyre, {you yourself said} "I [am] perfect {in beauty}!"
Are you better than Thebes? She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters, her rampart [was the] sea and water [was] her wall.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee
Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
And he said to them, "Go!" So they departed [and] went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.
After these [things] Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias).
the Sea » God » Stills, by his power
[who] stills [the] roar of [the] seas, the roar of their waves, and [the] commotion of [the] peoples,
the Sea » God » Created
because [in] six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.
and saying, "Men, why are you doing these [things]? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news [that] you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things [that are] in them--
the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree
"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,
and I prescribed my rule for it, and I set bars and doors, and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?
the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven
And I saw [something] like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing by the glassy sea, holding harps from God.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
When you pass through the waters, I [will be] with you, and through the rivers, they shall not flow over you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and [the] flame shall not scorch you.
What can I say for you? What can I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction [is] as vast as the sea; who can heal you?
the Sea » Replenished by rivers
All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
And he said to me, "These waters [are] going out to the eastern region, and they go down to the {Jordan Valley}, and they come [to] the sea [and flow] into the sea [where] {they issue out}, and the waters [in the sea] will be healed.
the Sea » Great rivers often called
{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.
And Yahweh will divide the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and he will wave his hand over the river with his scorching wind; and he will strike it into seven streams, and he will {make it passable by foot}.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Salt or dead sea
All these joined forces at the valley of Siddim (that [is], the sea of the salt).
The boundary will go down to the Jordan, and its limits will be at the Salt Sea. This will be your land according to its boundaries all around.'"
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, like the waters covering the sea.
They will not injure and they will not destroy on all of my {holy mountain}, for the earth will be full [of the] knowledge [of] Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies
And he will roar over him on that day like [the] roaring of [the] sea, and [if] one looks to the land, look! Darkness! Distress! And [the] light grows dark with its clouds.
[The] bow and [the] short sword they grasp [are] cruel, and they show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion."
the Sea » Passed over in ships
There [the] ships sail. Leviathan [is there] that you formed to play with.
the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high
[The] rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh; [the] rivers have lifted up their {rumbling}; [the] rivers have lifted up their pounding.
the Sea » Made to glorify God
Let heavens and earth praise him, [the] seas and all that moves in them,
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of joppa or sea of the philistines
So they gave money to the stone craftsmen and skilled craftsmen, and food, drink, and olive oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the authorization over them of Cyrus king of Persia.
Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, because he will not forgive your transgression, for my name is in him
the Sea » The waves of » Mighty
[Mightier] than the rumblings of many waters, [mightier] than [the] mighty breakers of [the] sea, Yahweh on high [is] mighty.
But falling into a place of crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast [and] stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.
the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke
He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes.
Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.
the Sea » Of immense extent
This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.
the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,
the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from
They summon people [to the] mountains; there they sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness, because the affluence of [the] seas they suck [out], and {the most hidden treasures of the sand}."
the Sea » Shall give up its dead at the last day
And the sea gave up the dead [who were] in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead [who were] in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds.
the Sea » Rivers supplied by exhalations from
All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
the Sea » God » Made the birds and fishes out of
And God said, "Let the waters swarm [with] swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven. So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature [that] moves, [with] which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird [with] wings according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."
the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small
This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great. There [the] ships sail. Leviathan [is there] that you formed to play with.
the Sea » The renewed earth shall be without
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist [any] longer.
the Sea » Raised by the wind
For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind, and it whipped up its waves. They rose to the heavens; they plunged to [the] depths. Their soul melted in their calamity.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer
More than the weeping of Jazer I weep for you, O vine Sibmah. Your branches cross over [the] sea, up to the sea of Jazer they reach. Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage [the] destroyer has fallen.
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I [am] against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea {stirring up its waves}. And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into {a bare rock}.
the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro
Do you not revere me?" {declares} Yahweh, "Do you not tremble {before me}? For I have placed [the] sand [as] a boundary for the sea, {as an everlasting limit}, and it cannot pass over it, and they rise and fall loudly, but they cannot prevail, and its waves roar, but they cannot pass over it.
the Sea » Numerous islands in
Now the coastlands will tremble [at] the day of your downfall, and the islands that [are] in the sea will be horrified because of your departure.'"
the Sea » Sand the barrier of
Do you not revere me?" {declares} Yahweh, "Do you not tremble {before me}? For I have placed [the] sand [as] a boundary for the sea, {as an everlasting limit}, and it cannot pass over it, and they rise and fall loudly, but they cannot prevail, and its waves roar, but they cannot pass over it.
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness
O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked
But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.
the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea
This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.
the Sea » God » Measures the waters of
Who has measured [the] waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off [the] heavens with span, comprehended the dust of the earth in third of a measure and weighed out [the] mountains in the scales, and [the] hills in a balance?
the Sea » The gathering together of the waters originally called
And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.
the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan
It makes [the] deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes [the] sea like a pot of ointment. Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.
the Sea » The wonders of God seen in
they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.
the Sea » Called the » Great waters
Your way [was] through the sea, and your path through many waters. Yet your footprints were not discerned.
the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in
All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.
the Sea » Of great depth
The Lord said, "I will bring [them] back from Bashan; I will bring [them] back from [the] depths of [the] sea,
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » The adriatic or sea of adria
And when the fourteenth night had come, [as] we were being driven in the Adriatic Sea about the middle of the night, the sailors suspected {they were approaching some land}.
the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon
because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.
the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word
For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and dry land.
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady
But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of
at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
the Sea » The clouds the garment of
at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Water » Collected in » the Sea
And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so. And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.
Topics on The Sea
Creation Of The Seas
Exodus 20:11because [in] six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.
Expanse Of The Sea
Psalm 139:9If I lift up [the] wings of [the] dawn, [and] I alight on [the] far side of [the] sea,
In The Heart Of The Sea
Ezekiel 26:19For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the {great surging waters} will cover you.
The Sea Divided
Nehemiah 9:11And you divided the sea before them, and they passed through the sea on dry ground, but their pursuers you threw into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.
The Sea Stilled
Jonah 1:11So they said to him, "What shall we do to you so that the sea may quiet down for us?" because the sea {was growing more and more tempestuous}.
The Sea Stirred Up
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Things Like The Sea
Psalm 36:6Your righteousness [is] {like the mighty mountains}, your judgments [like the] great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh.