58 Bible Verses about The Sea

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Psalm 93:4

[Mightier] than the rumblings of many waters, [mightier] than [the] mighty breakers of [the] sea, Yahweh on high [is] mighty.

Psalm 77:19

Your way [was] through the sea, and your path through many waters. Yet your footprints were not discerned.

Psalm 146:6

who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, the one who keeps faith forever,

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea with its fullness roar, [the] world and those who live in it.

Psalm 24:2

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,

Psalm 104:25

This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.

Exodus 14:21

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.

Proverbs 8:29

{when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

Psalm 8:8

[the] birds of [the] sky and the fish of the sea, [everything] that passes along the paths of seas.

Job 38:16

"Have you entered into [the] sea's sources? Or have you walked around in [the] recesses of the deep?

Psalm 66:6

He turned [the] sea into dry ground; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him.

Deuteronomy 30:13

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?'

Psalm 107:23

[Those who] went down to the sea into ships, doing business on [the] {high seas},

Psalm 93:3

[The] rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh; [the] rivers have lifted up their {rumbling}; [the] rivers have lifted up their pounding.

Revelation 10:5

And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Haggai 2:6

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.

Job 38:8

"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.

Job 7:12

Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

Isaiah 60:5

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.

Job 28:14

The deep says, 'It [is] not in me,' and [the] sea says, 'It is not with me.'

Isaiah 51:10

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?

Revelation 8:9

and a third of the creatures in the sea--the ones which had life--died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Hosea 4:3

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.

Isaiah 43:16

Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters,

Exodus 15:4

The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea, and his choice adjutants were sunk in the {Red Sea}.

Revelation 4:6

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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.

Psalm 69:34

Let heavens and earth praise him, [the] seas and all that moves in them,

Leviticus 11:9

" '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.

John 6:18

And the sea began to be stirred up [because] a strong wind was blowing.

Revelation 16:3

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.

Isaiah 51:15

For I [am] Yahweh, your God, who stirs up the sea, {so that} its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

Isaiah 27:1

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.

Revelation 5:13

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}."

Matthew 13:1

On that day Jesus went out of the house [and] was sitting by the sea.

Psalm 46:3

though its waters roar [and] foam, though mountains shake with its surging [water]. Selah

Hosea 1:10

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

Deuteronomy 11:24

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.

Zechariah 14:8

{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.

Numbers 34:6

" 'Your western boundary will be the Great Sea; this will be your western boundary.

Deuteronomy 34:2

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

Deuteronomy 3:17

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.

Matthew 8:32

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.

Matthew 8:24

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

Genesis 22:17

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.

1 Kings 4:29

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.

Job 6:3

for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,

Psalm 78:27

Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.

the Sea » Called the » Deep

2 Corinthians 11:25

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.

Job 41:31

It makes [the] deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes [the] sea like a pot of ointment.

Psalm 107:24

they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.

the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous

Acts 27:9

And [because] considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul strongly recommended,

2 Corinthians 11:26

[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,

Acts 27:20

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

Exodus 13:18

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.

Exodus 23:31

" '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.

Exodus 10:19

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

Genesis 49:13

Zebulun shall settle by the shore of the sea. He [shall become] a haven for ships, and his border [shall be] at Sidon.

Ezekiel 27:3

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}!"

Nahum 3:8

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

Matthew 4:18

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).

Matthew 8:32

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.

John 6:1

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

the Sea » God » Created

Acts 14:15

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

Job 38:8

"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,

Job 38:10-11

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

Revelation 15:2

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.

Revelation 4:6

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

Lamentations 2:13

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

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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.

Ezekiel 47:8

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

Jeremiah 51:36

{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.

Isaiah 11:15

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

Genesis 14:3

All these joined forces at the valley of Siddim (that [is], the sea of the salt).

Numbers 34:12

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

Isaiah 11:9

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

Isaiah 5:30

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.

Jeremiah 6:23

[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

Psalm 104:26

There [the] ships sail. Leviathan [is there] that you formed to play with.

Psalm 107:23

[Those who] went down to the sea into ships, doing business on [the] {high seas},

the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high

Psalm 93:3

[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

Psalm 69:34

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

Ezra 3:7

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.

Exodus 23:21

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

Psalm 93:4

[Mightier] than the rumblings of many waters, [mightier] than [the] mighty breakers of [the] sea, Yahweh on high [is] mighty.

Acts 27:41

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

Nahum 1:4

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.

Isaiah 50:2

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

Psalm 104:25

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

Jude 1:13

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.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from

Deuteronomy 33:19

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

Revelation 20:13

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

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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

Genesis 1:20-22

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

Psalm 104:25-26

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

the Sea » Raised by the wind

Psalm 107:25-26

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

Jeremiah 48:32

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

Ezekiel 26:3-4

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

Jeremiah 51:42

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

Jeremiah 5:22

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

Ezekiel 26:18

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

Jeremiah 5:22

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

Isaiah 48:18

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

Isaiah 57:20

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

Psalm 104:25

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

Isaiah 40:12

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

Genesis 1:10

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

Job 41:31-32

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

Psalm 107:24

they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.

the Sea » Called the » Great waters

Psalm 77:19

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

Psalm 135:6

All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.

the Sea » Of great depth

Psalm 68:22

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

Acts 27:27

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

Psalm 24:2

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word

Haggai 2:6

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

the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of

Job 38:9

at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

the Sea » The clouds the garment of

Job 38:9

at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Genesis 1:9-10

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.

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Expanse Of The Sea

Psalm 139:9

If 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 26:19

For 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.

Limits For The Sea

Job 38:10-11

and I prescribed my rule for it, and I set bars and doors,

The Sea Divided

Nehemiah 9:11

And 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 1:11

So 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 7:11

In 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.

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