What Does the Bible Say About Whales?

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 56 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.

Matthew 12:40 ESV / 52 helpful votes

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 31 helpful votes

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Job 7:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

Psalm 104:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Jonah 1:1-4:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. ...

Ezekiel 32:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.

Psalm 91:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Job 41:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

Job 26:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 6 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,

Jonah 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Job 12:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Revelation 22:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Jonah 2:1-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head ...

Jonah 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Proverbs 12:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

2 Samuel 24:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.

Deuteronomy 32:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps.

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16-17 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. 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.

Luke 11:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Jonah 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.

Ezekiel 29:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’

Jeremiah 51:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his stomach with my delicacies; he has rinsed me out.

Psalm 139:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

Psalm 104:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Job 38:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Job 31:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Job 22:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Jonah 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.

Psalm 41:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Job 25:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;

1 Chronicles 21:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Deuteronomy 33:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A firstborn bull—he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Revelation 11:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.

Jude 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,

James 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Matthew 16:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.

Jonah 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

46 Bible Verses about Whales

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 56 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:40 ESV / 52 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 7:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:1-4:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 32:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 91:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 41:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 12:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:1-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 24:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 32:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 29:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 51:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 38:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 31:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 22:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Psalm 41:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 25:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 21:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 33:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 11:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 16:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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