40 Bible Verses about lakes

As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire.

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).

Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord's blessing, possess the west and south.

when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."

Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.