TOPICAL BIBLE
Mariners (Sailors)
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1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.2 Chronicles 8:18So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.Psalm 107:23Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.Psalm 107:24They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.Psalm 107:25For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.Psalm 107:26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.Psalm 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.Psalm 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.Psalm 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.Psalm 107:30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.Isaiah 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.Acts 27:17After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.Acts 27:21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.Acts 27:22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside meActs 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.Acts 27:26However, we must run aground on some island.”Acts 27:27On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.Acts 27:28They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.Acts 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.Acts 27:30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”Acts 27:32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.Acts 27:33Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”Acts 27:35After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.Acts 27:36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.Acts 27:37In all, there were 276 of us on board.Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.Acts 27:39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.Acts 27:40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.Acts 27:41But 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.Acts 27:42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.Acts 27:43But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.Acts 27:44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
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