58 Bible Verses about The Sea

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Psalm 77:19

Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.

Psalm 146:6

who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in it; who keeps truth forever;

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who live in it.

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when mountains are slipping into the heart of the seas.

Psalm 104:25

This is the great and wide sea, in which are creeping things without number, both small and great animals.

Exodus 14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. And Jehovah caused the sea to recede by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Proverbs 8:29

when He gave to the sea its limit that the waters should not pass His command; when He appointed the foundations of the earth;

Psalm 8:8

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and all that pass through the paths of the seas.

Job 38:16

Have you gone to the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?

Psalm 66:6

He turns the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

Deuteronomy 30:13

Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us to the region beyond the sea, and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?

Psalm 93:3

The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voices; the floods lift up their waves.

Revelation 10:5

And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted his hand to the heaven,

Haggai 2:6

For so says Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.

Job 38:8

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the gathering together of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Job 7:12

Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?

Isaiah 60:5

Then you shall fear and become bright, and your heart shall throb and swell for joy; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Job 28:14

The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not in me.

Isaiah 51:10

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Revelation 8:9

And the third part of the creatures in the sea, those having souls, died; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.

Isaiah 43:16

So says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:9

And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; so He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Revelation 4:6

And a sea of glass was in front of the throne, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and earth praise Him, the seas, and everything that moves in them.

Leviticus 11:9

These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them you shall eat.

John 6:18

And the sea rose up because of a great wind that blew.

Revelation 16:3

And the second angel poured out his vial on the sea. And it became like the blood of a dead one, and every living soul died in the sea.

Isaiah 51:15

But I am Jehovah your God, who divided the sea, and its waves roared; Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day Jehovah with His great and fierce and strong sword shall punish the sea-monster, the darting serpent, the sea-monster, that twisting serpent; and He shall kill the monster in the sea.

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature which is in the Heaven and on the earth, and under the earth, and those that are in the sea, and all who are in them, saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever.

Matthew 13:1

In that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.

Psalm 46:3

Let its waters roar and foam; let the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons 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 soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours, from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the furthest sea shall your border be.

Zechariah 14:8

And it shall be in that day, living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them shall go toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. In summer and in winter it shall be.

Numbers 34:6

And for the western border, you shall even have the Great Sea for a border. This shall be your west border.

Deuteronomy 34:2

and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the furthest sea,

the Sea » Lakes often called

Deuteronomy 3:17

the plain also, and Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, under The Slopes of Pisgah eastward.

Matthew 8:32

And He said to them, Go! And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

Matthew 8:24

And behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.

the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand

Genesis 22:17

that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

Psalm 78:27

and He also rained flesh on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea;

the Sea » Called the » Deep

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the deep.

Job 41:31

He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous

Acts 27:9

And much time having been used up, and the voyage already being dangerous, because the Fast was now already past, Paul warned them,

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been in travels often; in dangers from waters; in dangers from robbers; in dangers from my race; in dangers from the heathen; in dangers in the city; in dangers in the wilderness; in dangers on the sea; in dangers among false brothers.

Acts 27:20

And neither sun nor stars appearing in many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, now all hope that we would be saved was taken away.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea

Exodus 13:18

But God led the people around, by the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the sons of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:31

And I will stretch your bounds from the Red Sea even to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

Exodus 10:19

And Jehovah turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts and threw them into the Red Sea. There did not remain one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Often built cities on the borders of

Genesis 49:13

Zebulun shall live at the sea shore. And he shall be a haven for ships, and his border beside Sidon.

Ezekiel 27:3

And say to Tyre, O you who are placed at the entrance of the sea, a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands, so says the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No Amon, that dwelt among the Nile branches, waters all around her, whose rampart was the sea, the waters her wall?

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee

Matthew 4:18

And walking by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea. For they were fishermen.

Matthew 8:32

And He said to them, Go! And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

John 6:1

After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Tiberias.

the Sea » God » Stills, by his power

the Sea » God » Created

the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree

Job 38:8

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?

Job 38:10-11

and set My limit on it, and set bars and doors, and I said, You shall come to here, but no further; and here your proud waves shall stop.

the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven

Revelation 15:2

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire. And those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Revelation 4:6

And a sea of glass was in front of the throne, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Lamentations 2:13

What can I testify for you? What thing shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to you, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your break is great like the sea! Who can heal you?

the Sea » Replenished by rivers

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said to me, These waters go out toward the eastern circuit, and go down into the Arabah, and go into the sea. They are brought out into the sea, and the waters shall be healed.

the Sea » Great rivers often called

Jeremiah 51:36

So Jehovah says this: Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

Isaiah 11:15

And Jehovah shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind He shall shake His hand over the River, and shall strike it into seven streams, and make one tread it with shoes.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Salt or dead sea

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea.

Numbers 34:12

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the end of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with the borders of it all around.

the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days

the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies

Isaiah 5:30

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and one looks to the land, behold darkness, and lo, darkness! Distress! And the light shall be darkened by its clouds.

Jeremiah 6:23

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, set in order like a man for war against you, O daughter of Zion.

the Sea » Passed over in ships

Psalm 104:26

There the ships go; You made this great sea animal to play in it.

the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high

Psalm 93:3

The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voices; the floods lift up their waves.

the Sea » Made to glorify God

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and earth praise Him, the seas, and everything that moves in them.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of joppa or sea of the philistines

Ezra 3:7

They gave silver also to the masons and to the carpenters. And they gave meat and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Exodus 23:21

Be on guard before Him, and obey His voice. Do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions. For My name is in Him.

the Sea » The waves of » Mighty

Acts 27:41

And coming on a place between two seas, they drove the vessel. And indeed the prow sticking fast, it remained unmovable. But the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.

the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon withers.

Isaiah 50:2

Who knows why I have come, and no one is here? I called and no one answered. Is My hand shortened at all so that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

the Sea » Of immense extent

Psalm 104:25

This is the great and wide sea, in which are creeping things without number, both small and great animals.

the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from

Deuteronomy 33:19

They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall suck the bounty of the seas and treasures hidden in the sand.

the Sea » Shall give up its dead at the last day

Revelation 20:13

And the sea gave up the dead in it. And death and hell delivered up the dead in them. And each one of them was judged according to their works.

the Sea » Rivers supplied by exhalations from

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

the Sea » God » Made the birds and fishes out of

Genesis 1:20-22

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a living soul; and let birds fly over the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created great sea-animals, and every living soul that creeps with which the waters swarmed after their kind; and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas and let the fowl multiply in 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 creeping things without number, both small and great animals. There the ships go; You made this great sea animal to play in it.

the Sea » The renewed earth shall be without

the Sea » Raised by the wind

Psalm 107:25-26

For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer

Jeremiah 48:32

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the sea; they reach to the sea of Jazer. A ravager has fallen on your summer fruits and on your grape crop.

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies

Ezekiel 26:3-4

So the Lord Jehovah says this: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like a shining rock.

the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear Me? says Jehovah. Will you not tremble at My presence, I who have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a never-ending decree, so that it cannot pass it? And though they toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though its waves roar, yet they cannot pass over it?

the Sea » Numerous islands in

Ezekiel 26:18

And the coastlands shall tremble in the day of your fall; yea, the coastlands by the sea shall be troubled at your going.

the Sea » Sand the barrier of

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear Me? says Jehovah. Will you not tremble at My presence, I who have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a never-ending decree, so that it cannot pass it? And though they toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though its waves roar, yet they cannot pass over it?

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness

Isaiah 48:18

Oh that you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a 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 troubled sea, which cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea

Psalm 104:25

This is the great and wide sea, in which are creeping things without number, both small and great animals.

the Sea » God » Measures the waters of

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has shut up the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in 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 land, Earth. And He called the gathering together of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.

the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan

Job 41:31-32

He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. He makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be gray-headed.

the Sea » The wonders of God seen in

the Sea » Called the » Great waters

Psalm 77:19

Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.

the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in

Psalm 135:6

Every thing Jehovah pleased, He did in the heavens and in earth, and in the seas and all deep places.

the Sea » Of great depth

Psalm 68:22

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan; I will bring back My people from the depths of the sea;

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » The adriatic or sea of adria

Acts 27:27

But when the fourteenth night came, we being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors thought that they drew near some country.

the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word

Haggai 2:6

For so says Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.

the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady

the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of

Job 38:9

When I made the clouds its robe, and darkness its navel-band,

the Sea » The clouds the garment of

Job 38:9

When I made the clouds its robe, and darkness its navel-band,

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the gathering together of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Topics on The Sea

Expanse Of The Sea

Psalm 139:9

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the furthest parts of the sea;

In The Heart Of The Sea

Ezekiel 26:19

For so says the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make you a ruined city, like the cities that have no inhabitants; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and great waters shall cover you;

Limits For The Sea

Job 38:10-11

and set My limit on it, and set bars and doors,

The Sea Divided

Nehemiah 9:11

And You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And their pursuers You threw into the deep, like a stone into the mighty waters.

The Sea Stilled

Jonah 1:11

Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea was going on and being stormy.

The Sea Stirred Up

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.

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