40 Bible Verses about sailing

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass.

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste."And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.

So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,

Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them,

But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

and down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the land

After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead.

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

Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.

And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.

And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.

When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.

Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, "What is this that you have done!" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.

And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.

For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.