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Bible Verses About the Ocean

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/22/2021
Bible Verses About the Ocean

Bible Verses about the Ocean

The ocean was a double-edged sword for the people of biblical times. As it offered a plentiful source of food, it often was a deadly endeavor for many marine voyagers. Frequently mentioned as a symbol of death, the ocean inhabited many dangers from stormy seas to warring enemies. Water has an inherent duality in relation to man as a giver and taker of life. Below is a list of Bible verses relating to the mighty oceans and seas.

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Genesis 1:21

21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:26

In what ways do you think we are in the likeness of God? - Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
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Jeremiah 31:35

35 This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name:
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Job 38:8

8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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Matthew 8:27

27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
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Psalms 8:8

8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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Psalms 89:9

9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
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Psalms 104:25

25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
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Psalms 107:29

Psalm 107:29
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
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Psalms 136:6

6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
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Psalms 146:6

6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
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Revelation 15:2

2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God
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Revelation 20:13

13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.
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Revelation 21:1

1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
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Zechariah 14:8

8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
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Psalms 107:23-24

23 Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
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Isaiah 43:2-3

Deep Waters
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
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Job 12:7-10

Job 12:10
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
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