46 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sea' in the Bible

against every ship of Tarshish,and against every splendid sea vessel.

Verse ConceptsSeafaring

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

Verse ConceptsConvincingHardened HeartsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRepentance, Importance OfSpiritual DeafnessShutting SecurelyDefective VisionBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingNo HealingUnhearing

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfRemnantGod Doing RightDoing RightEnd Of ActionsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRemnantDoing Repeatedly

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDHand Of GodIslandsRemnantRestoring NationsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaThe Prophecy Towards EgyptDoing Things TwiceSurvivors FavouredRecovery

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsWindThe Prophecy Towards EgyptSeven ThingsGod Drying Things UpOther References To The Red SeaRiver Euphrates

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

"How terrible it will be for many nations, who rage like the roaring sea! Oh, how the uproar of nations is like the sound of rushing, mighty water How they roar!

Verse ConceptsSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Verse ConceptsWaters Drying UpRiver NileRiversCauses of failure in

And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

Verse ConceptsEscaping Evilpremonitions

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Verse ConceptsStillnessCommerceSea TravelCurbing SpeechCrossing To The Other Side

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

Verse ConceptsConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessBirth Not Being Possible

Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land.

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodKingdomsGod's HandDestruction Of StrongholdsGod's Hands Stretched Out

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfWestOut Of The WestDepression

Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

Verse ConceptsIslands

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Verse ConceptsLeviathanDay of the LORDDragonsSeaSnakesNames And Titles For SatanBeastsCosmic CreaturesDinosaursPunishmentMoving OnThe Seafitnessrelentless

"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

“Listen to Me in silence, you islands and coastlands,And let the nations gain their strength;Let them come near, then let them speak;Let us come together for judgment [and decide the issue between us concerning the enemy from the east].

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalIslandsGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthPay Attention To God!Renewal

The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

Verse ConceptsTremblingTerror Of God

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

Verse ConceptsHope, As ConfidenceHope, In GodIslandsSpirit Of ChristGod Doing RightDoing RightNot Discouragedcredibility

Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

Verse ConceptsNew ThingsMarinersAttitudes Of PraiseIslandsPraisePraise, Manner And Methods OfPraise, Reasons ForSongsSea DwellersA New SongThe End Of The World

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”and I will dry up your rivers;

Verse ConceptsWaters Drying UpGod Drying Things UpDeep Seas

The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodEthiopiaChainsMission, Of IsraelTradeMerchandiseAfricaCommerceGod With YouTall PeopleNo Other Is GodPerspective

“Your offspring would have been like the sand,And your descendants [in number] like the grains of sand;Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutSand And Gravel

Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:

Verse ConceptsAbortionUnborn FetusesIslandsSanctity Of LifeCalling, Of IndividualsGod Naming PeopleFrom The WombPay Attention To God!

Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.

Verse ConceptsWestCompassesPeople From Far AwayImmigrants

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, 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 stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Verse ConceptsdrynessProvidenceRebukeSeaThe Shortness Of TimeGod's WeaknessGod Drying Things UpNo One AvailableOthers Not Answering

Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodSelf Righteousness, And The GospelWaitingWaiting On GodImputed RighteousnessThose Who Wait For God

Wake up, wake up!Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.Wake up as in days past,as in generations of long ago.Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,who pierced the sea monster?

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGenerationsSleep, SpiritualSleeplessnessNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForPeople Cut In PiecesGod's HandStrength Of GodCosmic CreaturesGod Acting Of OldGod Waking Upawakeningrehabilitationclosure

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Verse ConceptsdrynessStrength, DivineGod Drying Things UpMaking RoadsA Way Through The Red SeaThe Sea DividedDeep SeasThe SeaOvercoming Obstaclesfootprintsredeemed

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthWavesI Am The LordThe Sea Stirred UpThe OceanThe Sea

He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.

Verse ConceptsIslandsReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Will Requite

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceSea DwellersLight Of God's PeoplePlenty Through GodSwellingGetting RichThe SeaSmilingWealth And Prosperity

Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

Verse ConceptsHonorIslandsSeafaringShipsThe NavySea TravelGod Bestowing GloryPeople From Far Away

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritGod Remembering His CovenantA Way Through The Red Sea

And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFameIslandsMission, Of IsraelSigns From GodMissionary WorkArchers, In ArmiesAfricaSurvivors Of The Nations

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