40 Bible Verses about sailing

Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas,

Jehovah will be the Almighty One (Powerful One) (Excellent One). It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.

If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off,

Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills.

I urge you to be of good cheer for none of you will lose your life, only the ship.

We sailed from there to Chios and then to Samos. One day later we went to Miletus.

We left by ship from Troas and sailed to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis.

Much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous. Because the fast was over Paul admonished them,

I will return again to you if it is God's will, Paul said. Then he set sail from Ephesus.

All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,

After three months we sailed on an Alexandrian ship that wintered at the island. The ship had the gods Castor and Pollux carved on its front.

He said to his disciples: Let us go to the other side of the lake. Then he and his disciples boarded a boat and did so.

The sailors were so afraid that each man cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was on the ship into the sea to lighten the load. At that time Jonah was fast asleep down in the innermost parts of the ship.

He saw heaven opened, something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners was descending to the earth.

When it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and other prisoners to a man named Julius, a centurion of the band of Augustus.

After we parted from them we set sail with a straight course to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and then to Patara.

Men, I see that our voyage from here on will be dangerous. There will be great damage to the cargo and to the ship, and loss of life as well.

The following day they threw part of the ship's equipment overboard.

Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

We went aboard a ship sailing to Phoenicia.

It was difficult to move along the coast. We came to a place called Fair Havens near the town of Lasea.

The sailors were seeking to flee from the ship. They lowered the boat into the sea by pretending they were lowering some anchors from the bow.

When we sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Jonah tried to run away from the presence of Jehovah (YHWH). He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of Jehovah.

Jehovah sent out a great windstorm upon the sea and the ship was about to break up.

King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold. They were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.

He said to them, At nightfall you say the weather will be good, for the sky is red.

He said, Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caessar and God has graciously given you the lives of you and all who sail with you.

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

After they spent a long time without eating Paul stood up and said: Sirs, you should listen to me. You should not have put out to sea from Crete to sustain this damage and loss.

On the fourteenth night we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria. About midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

Then the men were very afraid, and they asked: What is this you have done? For the men knew that he was running away from the presence of Jehovah, because he told them.

Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, your sailors and your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your overthrow.

When we set sail from there we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Paul decided to sail past Ephesus so he might not spend time in Asia. He was in a hurry to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

They threw the anchors overboard and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks.

We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos. We intended to take Paul on board for he had arranged to go there on foot.

It was not a good harbor in which to spend the winter. Nearly everyone was in favor of putting out to sea and trying to reach Phoenix in order to spend the winter there. Phoenix is a harbor in Crete that faces southwest and northwest.