Bible verses about Ships
Scripture references about Ships, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Ships in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Probably originated from the ark made by Noah: Ge 7:17,18
- Antiquity of, among the Jews: Ge 49:13; Jud 5:17
- DESCRIBED AS
- Gallant: Isa 33:21
- Large: Jas 3:4
- Strong: Isa 23:14
- Swift: Job 9:26
- Solomon built a navy of: 1Ki 9:26
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of Chittim: Nu 24:24; Da 11:30
- Of Tarshish: Isa 23:1; 60:9
- Of Adramyttium: Ac 27:2
- Of Alexandria: Ac 27:6
- Of Chaldea: Isa 43:14
- Of Tyre: 2Ch 8:18
- Generally made of the fir tree: Eze 27:5
- Sometimes made of bulrushes: Isa 18:2
- The seams of, were caulked: Eze 27:9,27
- PARTS OF MENTIONED
- The forepart or foreship: Ac 27:30,41
- The hinder part or stern: Ac 27:29,41
- The hold or between the sides: Jon 1:5
- The mast: Isa 33:23; Eze 27:5
- The sails: Isa 33:23; Eze 27:7
- The tackling: Isa 33:23; Ac 27:19
- The rudder or helm: Jas 3:4
- The rudder-bands: Ac 27:40
- The anchors: Ac 27:29,40
- The boats: Ac 27:30,32
- The oars: Isa 33:21; Eze 27:6
- Often the property of individuals: Ac 27:11
- Commanded by a master: Jon 1:6; Ac 27:11
- Guided in their course by pilots: Eze 27:8,27-29
- Governed and directed by the helm: Jas 3:4
- Course of frequently directed by the heavenly bodies: Ac 27:20
- Worked by mariners or sailors: Eze 27:9,27; Jon 1:5; Ac 27:30
- Generally impelled by sails: Ac 27:2-7
- Often impelled by oars: Jon 1:13; Joh 6:19
- NAVIGATED
- Rivers: Isa 33:21
- Lakes: Lu 5:1,2
- The ocean: Ps 104:26; 107:23
- Soundings usually taken for, in dangerous places: Ac 27:28
- Usually distinguished by signs or figure heads: Ac 28:11
- Course of, through the midst of the sea, wonderful: Pr 30:18,19
- EMPLOYED IN
- Trading: 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 8:18; 9:21
- Fishing: Mt 4:21; Lu 5:4-9; Joh 21:3-8
- War: Nu 24:24; Da 11:30,40
- Carrying passengers: Jon 1:3; Ac 27:2,6; 28:11
- The hinder part of, occupied by the passengers: Mr 4:38
- ENDANGERED BY
- Storms: Jon 1:4; Mr 4:37,38
- Quicksands: Ac 27:17
- Rocks: Ac 27:29
- When damaged were sometimes undergirded with cables: Ac 27:17
- Were often wrecked: 1Ki 22:48; Ps 48:7; Ac 27:41-44; 2Co 11:25
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of industrious women: Pr 31:14
- (Wrecked,) of departure from the faith: 1Ti 1:19