58 Bible Verses about The Sea

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Psalm 77:19

Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

Psalm 146:6

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

Psalm 24:2

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Psalm 104:25

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Proverbs 8:29

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Psalm 8:8

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Job 38:16

"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, "Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?"

Psalm 93:3

The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Revelation 10:5

The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

Haggai 2:6

For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;

Job 38:8

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

Isaiah 60:5

Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

Job 28:14

The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

Isaiah 51:10

Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Revelation 8:9

and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

Isaiah 43:16

Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Exodus 15:4

He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:9

He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

Revelation 4:6

Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

Psalm 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Leviticus 11:9

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

John 6:18

The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

Revelation 16:3

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing 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 Armies is his name.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Revelation 5:13

I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!"

Matthew 13:1

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

Psalm 46:3

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

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the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Mediterranean or great sea

Deuteronomy 11:24

Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.

Zechariah 14:8

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

Numbers 34:6

"'For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: 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 hinder sea,

the Sea » Lakes often called

Deuteronomy 3:17

the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

Matthew 8:32

He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

Matthew 8:24

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand

1 Kings 4:29

God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

Job 6:3

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

Psalm 78:27

He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

the Sea » Called the » Deep

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.

Job 41:31

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

the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous

Acts 27:9

When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

Acts 27:20

When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now 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 by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:31

I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness 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

Yahweh turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

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

Genesis 49:13

"Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

Ezekiel 27:3

and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee

Matthew 4:18

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 8:32

He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

John 6:1

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called 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 26:10

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

Job 38:8

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

Job 38:10-11

marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

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

Revelation 15:2

I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

Revelation 4:6

Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Lamentations 2:13

What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach 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 where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

Ezekiel 47:8

Then he said to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

the Sea » Great rivers often called

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Isaiah 11:15

Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.

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

Genesis 14:3

All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

Numbers 34:12

and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.'"

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

They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

Jeremiah 6:23

They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion."

the Sea » Passed over in ships

Psalm 104:26

There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high

Psalm 93:3

The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

the Sea » Made to glorify God

Psalm 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

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

Ezra 3:7

They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Exodus 23:21

Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

the Sea » The waves of » Mighty

Acts 27:41

But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by 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 languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't 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

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from

Deuteronomy 33:19

They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand."

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

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his 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 where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

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

Genesis 1:20-22

God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small

Psalm 104:25-26

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

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 sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer

Jeremiah 48:32

With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.

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

Ezekiel 26:3-4

therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous

Jeremiah 51:42

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

the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro

Jeremiah 5:22

Don't you fear me?' says Yahweh 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'

the Sea » Numerous islands in

Ezekiel 26:18

Now shall the islands tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the islands that are in the sea shall be dismayed at your departure.

the Sea » Sand the barrier of

Jeremiah 5:22

Don't you fear me?' says Yahweh 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'

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

Isaiah 48:18

Oh that you had listened 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; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea

Psalm 104:25

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

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 sky with his span, and calculated 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

the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan

Job 41:31-32

He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

the Sea » The wonders of God seen in

the Sea » Called the » Great waters

Psalm 77:19

Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in

Psalm 135:6

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

the Sea » Of great depth

Psalm 68:22

The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again 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 had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon

Psalm 24:2

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word

Haggai 2:6

For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, 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 clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

the Sea » The clouds the garment of

Job 38:9

when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Genesis 1:9-10

God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

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Expanse Of The Sea

Psalm 139:9

If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

In The Heart Of The Sea

Ezekiel 26:19

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;

Limits For The Sea

Job 38:10-11

marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

The Sea Divided

Nehemiah 9:11

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as 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 grew more and more stormy.

The Sea Stirred Up

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

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