New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Sea, The

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