What Does the Bible Say About Swimming?

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 92 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Isaiah 25:11 ESV / 33 helpful votes

And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim, but the Lord will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill of his hands.

John 21:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes

That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

Psalm 8:8 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Psalm 23:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Acts 27:1-44 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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 embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us. And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. ...

Ezekiel 47:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

Daniel 7:1-28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’ ...

Psalm 18:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Acts 27:43 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,

Isaiah 47:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Psalm 13:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

John 9:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Habakkuk 2:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

2 Kings 1:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.” But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus says the Lord, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah went. The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?” ...

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Isaiah 41:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Job 26:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Revelation 22:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

Revelation 22:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 21:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Ezekiel 47:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep.

Isaiah 44:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

Isaiah 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 7:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.

Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

Psalm 104:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed, and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low— they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets— ...

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.

Proverbs 8:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

Psalm 104:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;

Psalm 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

2 Kings 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.”

1 Kings 1:1-53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.” So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. ...

Exodus 17:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it.

Genesis 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Genesis 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

57 Bible Verses about Swimming

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 92 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 25:11 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 21:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 8:8 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 27:1-44 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 47:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 7:1-28 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 18:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 27:43 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 47:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 13:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 9:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Habakkuk 2:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 1:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 26:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 22:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 21:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 47:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 44:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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