'Waves' in the Bible
The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;
when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?
The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea. (Selah)
You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.
Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.
The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.
He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.
At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea's waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.
Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.
If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name!
But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.
"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."
The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all.
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon, and put an end to her loud noise. Their waves will roar like turbulent waters. They will make a deafening noise.
therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
At the sound of your captains' cry the waves will surge;
You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.
Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.
Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.
They came and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are about to die!" So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.
So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.