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Ocean
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To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: — read the full passage →
And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. — read the full passage →
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; — read the full passage →
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. — read the full passage →
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: — read the full passage →
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. — read the full passage →
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. — read the full passage →
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — read the full passage →
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. — read the full passage →
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. — read the full passage →
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; — read the full passage →
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. — read the full passage →
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. — read the full passage →
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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