Bible verses about Ships
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Probably originated from the ark made by Noah Genesis 7:17,18 Antiquity of, among the Jews Genesis 49:13; Judges 5:17 DESCRIBED AS Gallant Isaiah 33:21 Large James 3:4 Strong Isaiah 23:14 Swift Job 9:26 Solomon built a navy of I Kings 9:26 MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Of Chittim Numbers 24:24; Daniel 11:30 Of Tarshish Isaiah 23:1; 60:9 Of Adramyttium Acts 27:2 Of Alexandria Acts 27:6 Of Chaldea Isaiah 43:14 Of Tyre II Chronicles 8:18 Generally made of the fir tree Ezekiel 27:5 Sometimes made of bulrushes Isaiah 18:2 The seams of, were caulked Ezekiel 27:9,27 PARTS OF MENTIONED The forepart or foreship Acts 27:30,41 The hinder part or stern Acts 27:29,41 The hold or between the sides Jonah 1:5 The mast Isaiah 33:23; Ezekiel 27:5 The sails Isaiah 33:23; Ezekiel 27:7 The tackling Isaiah 33:23; Acts 27:19 The rudder or helm James 3:4 The rudder-bands Acts 27:40 The anchors Acts 27:29,40 The boats Acts 27:30,32 The oars Isaiah 33:21; Ezekiel 27:6 Often the property of individuals Acts 27:11 Commanded by a master Jonah 1:6; Acts 27:11 Guided in their course by pilots Ezekiel 27:8,27-29 Governed and directed by the helm James 3:4 Course of frequently directed by the heavenly bodies Acts 27:20 Worked by mariners or sailors Ezekiel 27:9,27; Jonah 1:5; Acts 27:30 Generally impelled by sails Acts 27:2-7 Often impelled by oars Jonah 1:13; John 6:19 NAVIGATED Rivers Isaiah 33:21 Lakes Luke 5:1,2 The ocean Psalms 104:26; 107:23 Soundings usually taken for, in dangerous places Acts 27:28 Usually distinguished by signs or figure heads Acts 28:11 Course of, through the midst of the sea, wonderful Proverbs 30:18,19 EMPLOYED IN Trading I Kings 22:48; II Chronicles 8:18; 9:21 Fishing Matthew 4:21; Luke 5:4-9; John 21:3-8 War Numbers 24:24; Daniel 11:30,40 Carrying passengers Jonah 1:3; Acts 27:2,6; 28:11 The hinder part of, occupied by the passengers Mark 4:38 ENDANGERED BY Storms Jonah 1:4; Mark 4:37,38 Quicksands Acts 27:17 Rocks Acts 27:29 When damaged were sometimes undergirded with cables Acts 27:17 Were often wrecked I Kings 22:48; Psalms 48:7; Acts 27:41-44; II Corinthians 11:25 ILLUSTRATIVE Of industrious women Proverbs 31:14 (Wrecked,) of departure from the faith I Timothy 1:19

 

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