40 Bible Verses About Sailing (KJV)

Here are 40 Bible verses about sailing from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.

Acts 10:11 KJV

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

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Acts 27:8 KJV

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

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Acts 27:24 KJV

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

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Acts 28:11 KJV

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

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1 Kings 22:48 KJV

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

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Acts 27:30 KJV

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

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Luke 8:22 KJV

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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Acts 20:16 KJV

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

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Acts 27:22 KJV

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

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Revelation 18:17 KJV

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

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Isaiah 33:21 KJV

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

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1 Kings 10:22 KJV

But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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Acts 27:10 KJV

For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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Acts 27:21 KJV

And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

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Ezekiel 27:27 KJV

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

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Acts 27:5 KJV

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

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Psalms 107:23 KJV

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

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Acts 27:27 KJV

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

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Acts 27:31 KJV

But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

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Acts 27:40 KJV

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

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Acts 16:11 KJV

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

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Acts 20:13 KJV

Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

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Acts 27:9 KJV

And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

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Psalms 139:9 KJV

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

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Jonah 1:5 KJV

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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Ezekiel 27:29 KJV

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

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Acts 27:1 KJV

And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

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Acts 20:15 KJV

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.

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James 3:4 KJV

And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

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Acts 27:4 KJV

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

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Ezekiel 27:7 KJV

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

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Acts 27:12 KJV

Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

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Acts 18:21 KJV

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

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Jonah 1:4 KJV

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

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Acts 21:1 KJV

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

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Acts 21:2 KJV

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

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Jonah 1:3 KJV

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

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Jonah 1:10 KJV

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

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Matthew 16:2 KJV

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

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Acts 27:19 KJV

He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

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