Sea, The
1. The gathering together of the waters originally called. Ge 1:10.
2. Great rivers often called. Isa 11:15; Jer 51:36.
3. Lakes often called. De 3:17; Mt 8:24,27,32.
4. God
a. Created. Ex 20:11; Ps 95:5; Ac 14:15.
b. Made the birds and fished out of. Ge 1:20-22.
c. Founded the earth upon. Ps 24:2.
d. Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree. Job 26:10; 38:8,10,11; Pr 8:27,29.
e. Measures the waters of. Isa 40:12.
f. Does what he pleases in. Ps 135:6.
g. Dries up, by his rebuke. Isa 50:2; Na 1:4.
h. Shakes, by his word. Hag 2:6.
i. Stills, by his power. Ps 65:7; 89:9; 107:29.
5. Of immense extent. Job 11:9; Ps 104:25.
6. Of great depth. Ps 68:22.
7. Rivers supplied by exhalations from. Ec 1:7.
8. Replenished by rivers. Ec 1:7; Eze 47:8.
9. Called the
a. Deep. Job 41:31; Ps 107:24; 2Co 11:25.
b. Great waters. Ps 77:19.
c. Great and wide sea. Ps 104:25.
10. The clouds the garment of. Job 38:9.
11. Darkness the swaddling band of. Job 38:9.
12. Sand the barrier of. Jer 5:22.
13. Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small. Ps 104:25,26.
14. The wonders of God seen in. Ps 107:24.
15. Made to glorify God. Ps 69:34; 148:7.
16. Seas mentioned in scripture
a. The Adriatic or sea of Adria. Ac 27:27.
b. Mediterranean or great sea. Nu 34:6; De 11:24; 34:2; Zec 14:8.
c. Red Sea. Ex 10:19; 13:18; 23:31.
d. Sea of Joppa or sea of the Philistines. Ezr 3:7; Ex 23:21.
e. Salt of Dead Sea. Ge 14:3; Nu 34:12.
f. Sea of Galilee. Mt 4:18; 8:32; Joh 6:1.
g. Sea of Jazer. Jer 48:32.
17. Raised by the wind. Ps 107:25,26; Jon 1:4.
18. Caused to foam by Leviathan. Job 41:31,32.
19. The waves of
a. Raised upon high. Ps 93:3; 107:25.
b. Tossed to and fro. Jer 5:22.
c. Multitudinous. Jer 51:42.
d. Mighty. Ps 93:4; Ac 27:41.
e. Tumultuous. Lu 21:25; Jude 1:13.
20. The shore of, covered with sand. Ge 22:17; 1Ki 4:29; Job 6:3; Ps 78:27.
21. Numerous islands in. Eze 26:18.
22. Passed over in ships. Ps 104:26; 107:23.
23. Sailing on, dangerous. Ac 27:9,20; 2Co 11:26.
24. Commercial nations
a. Often built cities on the borders of. Ge 49:13; Eze 27:3; Na 3:8.
b. Derived great wealth from. De 33:19.
25. Shall give up its dead at the last day. Re 20:13.
26. The renewed earth shall be without. Re 21:1.
27. Illustrative
a. Of heavy afflictions. Isa 43:2; La 2:13.
b. (Trouble,) of the wicked. Isa 57:20.
c. (Roaring,) of hostile armies. Isa 5:30; Jer 6:23.
d. (Waves of,) of righteousness. Isa 48:18.
e. (Waves of,) of devastating armies. Eze 26:3,4.
f. (Waves of,) of the unsteady. Jas 1:6.
g. (Covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days. Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14.
h. (Smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven. Re 4:6; 15:2.