58 Bible Verses about The Sea
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Jehovah on high is mightier than the voices of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.
Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;
Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;
Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
And it is not beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?
The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea exists no more.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;
And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
and all were baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and those that are upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.
And that same day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.
Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.
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the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Mediterranean or great sea
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be.
And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and its coast. This shall be your west border.
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hindmost sea,
the Sea » Lakes often called
the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
But the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.
and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.
the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand
I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
the Sea » Called the » Deep
Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
the Sea » Sailing on, dangerous
And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,
in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;
And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea
And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.
And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.
And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
the Sea » Commercial nations » Often built cities on the borders of
Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side toucheth upon Sidon.
and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.
Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall?
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of galilee
And 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 fishers;
And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.
After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, or of Tiberias,
the Sea » God » Stills, by his power
Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
the Sea » God » Created
For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;
the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven
And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.
and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;
the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?
the Sea » Replenished by rivers
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall be healed.
the Sea » Great rivers often called
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.
And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind will he shake his hand over the river, and will smite it into seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Salt or dead sea
All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies
and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.
the Sea » Passed over in ships
There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
the Sea » The waves of » Raised upon high
The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
the Sea » Made to glorify God
Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of joppa or sea of the philistines
And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.
the Sea » The waves of » Mighty
Jehovah on high is mightier than the voices of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea.
And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.
the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.
the Sea » Of immense extent
Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
the Sea » The waves of » Tumultuous
raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.
And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,
the Sea » Commercial nations » Derived great wealth from
They shall invite the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they will suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.
the Sea » Shall give up its dead at the last day
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:
the Sea » Rivers supplied by exhalations from
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
the Sea » God » Made the birds and fishes out of
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.
the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small
Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
the Sea » The renewed earth shall be without
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea exists no more.
the Sea » Raised by the wind
For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of jazer
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer: thy shoots passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
the Sea » The waves of » Multitudinous
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
the Sea » The waves of » Tossed to and fro
Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
the Sea » Numerous islands in
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
the Sea » Sand the barrier of
Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
the Sea » Called the » Great and wide sea
Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
the Sea » God » Measures the waters of
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
the Sea » The gathering together of the waters originally called
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
the Sea » Caused to foam by leviathan
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
the Sea » The wonders of God seen in
These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
the Sea » Called the » Great waters
Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.
the Sea » God » Does what he pleases in
Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;
the Sea » Of great depth
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » The adriatic or sea of adria
And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,
the Sea » God » Founded the earth upon
the Sea » God » Shakes, by his word
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady
but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;
the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
the Sea » The clouds the garment of
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
Water » Collected in » the Sea
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Topics on The Sea
Creation Of The Seas
Exodus 20:11For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Expanse Of The Sea
Psalm 139:9If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
In The Heart Of The Sea
Ezekiel 26:19For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters cover thee:
The Sea Divided
Nehemiah 9:11And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
The Sea Stilled
Jonah 1:11And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
The Sea Stirred Up
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Things Like The Sea
Psalm 36:6Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.