The Sea
84 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
52 sections
- (Covered with Waters) of the Diffusion of Spiritual
- (Roaring) Hostile Armies
- (Smooth As Glass) the Peace of Heaven
- (Trouble) the Wicked
- (Waves of) Devastating Armies
- (Waves of) Righteousness
- (Waves of) the Unsteady
- Called The: Deep
- Called The: Great and Wide Sea
- Called The: Great Waters
- Caused to Foam by Leviathan
- Commercial Nations: Derived Great Wealth From
- Commercial Nations: Often Built Cities on the Borders of
- Darkness the Swaddling Band of
- God: Created
- God: Does What he Pleases In
- God: Dries Up, by his Rebuke
- God: Founded the Earth Upon
- God: Made the Birds and Fished out of
- God: Measures the Waters of
- God: Set Bounds To, by a Perpetual Decree
- God: Shakes, by his Word
- God: Stills, by his Power
- Great Rivers often Called
- Inhabited by Innumerable Creatures Great and Small
- Lakes often Called
- Made to Glorify God
- Numerous Islands In
- Passed Over in Ships
- Raised by the Wind
- Replenished by Rivers
- Rivers Supplied by Exhalations From
- Sailing On, Dangerous
- Sand the Barrier of
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Mediterranean or Great Sea
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Red Sea
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Salt of Dead Sea
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Galilee
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Jazer
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Joppa or Sea of the Philistines
- Seas Mentioned in Scripture: The Adriatic or Sea of Adria
- Shall Give up Its Dead at the Last Day
- The Clouds the Garment of
- The Gathering Together of the Waters Originally Called
- The Renewed Earth Shall be Without
- The Shore of, Covered with Sand
- The Waves of Mighty
- The Waves of Multitudinous
- The Waves of Raised Upon High
- The Waves of Tossed to and Fro
- The Waves of Tumultuous
- The Wonders of God Seen In
(Covered with Waters) of the Diffusion of Spiritual
- Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
(Roaring) Hostile Armies
- Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Jeremiah 6:23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
(Smooth As Glass) the Peace of Heaven
- Revelation 4:6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Revelation 15:2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
(Trouble) the Wicked
- Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
(Waves of) Devastating Armies
- Ezekiel 26:3–4 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. …
(Waves of) Righteousness
- Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
(Waves of) the Unsteady
- James 1:6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Called The: Deep
- Job 41:31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
- Psalm 107:24 They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
Called The: Great and Wide Sea
- Psalm 104:25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
Called The: Great Waters
- Psalm 77:19 Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Caused to Foam by Leviathan
- Job 41:31–32 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment. …
Commercial Nations: Derived Great Wealth From
- Deuteronomy 33:19 They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
Commercial Nations: Often Built Cities on the Borders of
- Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Ezekiel 27:3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
- Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
Darkness the Swaddling Band of
- Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
God: Created
- Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
- Psalm 95:5 The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- Acts 14:15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
God: Does What he Pleases In
- Psalm 135:6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
God: Dries Up, by his Rebuke
- Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish …
- Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
God: Founded the Earth Upon
- Psalm 24:2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
God: Made the Birds and Fished out of
- Genesis 1:20–22 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” …
God: Measures the Waters of
- Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
God: Set Bounds To, by a Perpetual Decree
- Job 26:10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 38:8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Job 38:10–11 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, …
- Proverbs 8:27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
- Proverbs 8:29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
God: Shakes, by his Word
- Haggai 2:6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
God: Stills, by his Power
- Psalm 65:7 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalm 89:9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalm 107:29 He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Great Rivers often Called
- Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
- Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
Inhabited by Innumerable Creatures Great and Small
- Psalm 104:25–26 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. …
Lakes often Called
- Deuteronomy 3:17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Matthew 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.
- Matthew 8:27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
- Matthew 8:32 “Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
Made to Glorify God
- Psalm 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- Psalm 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
Numerous Islands In
- Ezekiel 26:18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
Passed Over in Ships
- Psalm 104:26 There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
- Psalm 107:23 Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
Raised by the Wind
- Psalm 107:25–26 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. …
- Jonah 1:4 Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
Replenished by Rivers
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
- Ezekiel 47:8 And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh.
Rivers Supplied by Exhalations From
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
Sailing On, Dangerous
- Acts 27:9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
- Acts 27:20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
Sand the Barrier of
- Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Mediterranean or Great Sea
- Numbers 34:6 Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Deuteronomy 34:2 all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
- Zechariah 14:8 And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Red Sea
- Exodus 10:19 And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
- Exodus 13:18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
- Exodus 23:31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Salt of Dead Sea
- Genesis 14:3 The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Numbers 34:12 Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Galilee
- Matthew 4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Matthew 8:32 “Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
- John 6:1 After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee ( that is, the Sea of Tiberias).
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Jazer
- Jeremiah 48:32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Sea of Joppa or Sea of the Philistines
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
- Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
Seas Mentioned in Scripture: The Adriatic or Sea of Adria
- Acts 27:27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Shall Give up Its Dead at the Last Day
- Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
The Clouds the Garment of
- Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
The Gathering Together of the Waters Originally Called
- Genesis 1:10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
The Renewed Earth Shall be Without
- Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
The Shore of, Covered with Sand
- Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- 1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
- Job 6:3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas — no wonder my words have been rash.
- Psalm 78:27 He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
The Waves of Mighty
- Psalm 93:4 Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
- Acts 27:41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
The Waves of Multitudinous
- Jeremiah 51:42 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
The Waves of Raised Upon High
- Psalm 93:3 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalm 107:25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
The Waves of Tossed to and Fro
- Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
The Waves of Tumultuous
- Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
- Jude 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
The Wonders of God Seen In
- Psalm 107:24 They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.