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100 Bible Verses about The Ocean

Psalm 8:8 ESV / 3,311 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 2,923 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.

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2,779 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.

Micah 7:19 ESV / 2,639 helpful votes

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Amos 9:6 ESV / 2,639 helpful votes

Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is his name.

Proverbs 8:27 ESV / 2,582 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 31:35 ESV / 2,419 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:

Proverbs 20:5 ESV / 2,405 helpful votes

The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Psalm 107:29 ESV / 2,384 helpful votes

He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Revelation 21:1 ESV / 2,372 helpful votes

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 ESV / 2,355 helpful votes

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Job 38:8 ESV / 2,311 helpful votes

“Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2,232 helpful votes

Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Psalm 104:25 ESV / 2,201 helpful votes

Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.

Jeremiah 5:22 ESV / 2,163 helpful votes

Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Psalm 89:9 ESV / 2,153 helpful votes

You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

Psalm 146:6 ESV / 2,138 helpful votes

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

Psalm 107:23-24 ESV / 2,132 helpful votes

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.

Psalm 107:23-25 ESV / 2,051 helpful votes

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep. For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 ESV / 2,031 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 104:1-35 ESV / 2,018 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. ...

Revelation 20:13 ESV / 2,001 helpful votes

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 1,957 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.

Psalm 139:9 ESV / 1,929 helpful votes

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Habakkuk 2:14 ESV / 1,780 helpful votes

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

Genesis 1:10 ESV / 1,765 helpful votes

God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 1,755 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,

Zechariah 14:8 ESV / 1,723 helpful votes

On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.

Psalm 136:6 ESV / 1,691 helpful votes

To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Mark 4:39 ESV / 1,686 helpful votes

And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Psalm 148:7 ESV / 1,665 helpful votes

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps,

Psalm 107:25 ESV / 1,647 helpful votes

For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

Psalm 95:5 ESV / 1,601 helpful votes

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Revelation 15:2 ESV / 1,591 helpful votes

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

Matthew 8:27 ESV / 1,579 helpful votes

And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

Psalm 139:9-10 ESV / 1,554 helpful votes

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Acts 4:24 ESV / 1,551 helpful votes

And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

Ezekiel 26:19 ESV / 1,551 helpful votes

“For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you,

Job 26:10 ESV / 1,521 helpful votes

He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Job 12:7-10 ESV / 1,429 helpful votes

“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Genesis 1:9 ESV / 1,376 helpful votes

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 1,376 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. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1,360 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.

Revelation 13:1 ESV / 1,327 helpful votes

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Isaiah 57:20 ESV / 1,304 helpful votes

But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 1,287 helpful votes

You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.

Psalm 107:23 ESV / 1,282 helpful votes

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

Genesis 1:5 ESV / 1,281 helpful votes

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Psalm 91:13 ESV / 1,270 helpful votes

You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

Nahum 1:4 ESV / 1,204 helpful votes

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 1,196 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Psalm 93:4 ESV / 1,191 helpful votes

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

Psalm 78:15 ESV / 1,190 helpful votes

He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 1,187 helpful votes

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 1,184 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. ...

Isaiah 50:2 ESV / 1,175 helpful votes

Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

Psalm 104:6 ESV / 1,173 helpful votes

You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Matthew 18:6 ESV / 1,169 helpful votes

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Job 41:31 ESV / 1,169 helpful votes

He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 1,166 helpful votes

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

Acts 14:15 ESV / 1,164 helpful votes

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Psalm 139:17 ESV / 1,158 helpful votes

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 104:25-26 ESV / 1,151 helpful votes

Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

Psalm 104:5 ESV / 1,143 helpful votes

He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

Exodus 13:18 ESV / 1,135 helpful votes

But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

Matthew 14:25 ESV / 1,129 helpful votes

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

Proverbs 8:29 ESV / 1,101 helpful votes

When he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

Genesis 1:8 ESV / 1,089 helpful votes

And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Psalm 148:1 ESV / 1,083 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights!

Matthew 8:4 ESV / 1,023 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

Matthew 14:22-26 ESV / 1,006 helpful votes

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear.

Genesis 1:12 ESV / 945 helpful votes

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Isaiah 40:22 ESV / 937 helpful votes

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

Genesis 1:19 ESV / 930 helpful votes

And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 896 helpful votes

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 843 helpful votes

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

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 834 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Genesis 1:7-10 ESV / 834 helpful votes

And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 827 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 21:25 ESV / 824 helpful votes

“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

Psalm 104:2 ESV / 821 helpful votes

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

Job 26:7 ESV / 811 helpful votes

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

Romans 1:20 ESV / 807 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 798 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Job 38:2 ESV / 789 helpful votes

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 36:30 ESV / 788 helpful votes

Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 777 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, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 777 helpful votes

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, ...

Isaiah 11:9 ESV / 774 helpful votes

They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Nehemiah 9:2 ESV / 773 helpful votes

And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Genesis 14:3 ESV / 771 helpful votes

And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 2:4 ESV / 770 helpful votes

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Zechariah 10:11 ESV / 765 helpful votes

He shall pass through the sea of troubles and strike down the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up. The pride of Assyria shall be laid low, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

Romans 8:18 ESV / 764 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Acts 27:27 ESV / 764 helpful votes

When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.

Job 36:2 ESV / 764 helpful votes

“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.

Nehemiah 9:11 ESV / 762 helpful votes

And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.

Deuteronomy 14:1-29 ESV / 759 helpful votes

“You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. “You shall not eat any abomination. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...

Psalm 148:1-14 ESV / 753 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. ...

Jude 1:13 ESV / 752 helpful votes

Wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

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