Proverbs 8:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commaundement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:9 : 9 But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so. 10 And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding, 5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it: 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof: 7 When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced: 8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe: 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof: 10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? Or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 8:26-28
    3 verses
    84%

    26He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.

    27When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.

    28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

  • Ps 104:9
    78%

    9But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.

  • Job 38:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,

    11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.

    12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? Hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,

  • Job 26:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

    11The pillars of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

    12The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

  • Ps 104:5
    77%

    5He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.

  • Job 38:8
    76%

    8Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

  • Job 38:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,

    5Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:

    6Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:

  • Job 9:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7He commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.

    8Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

  • Ps 33:7
    75%

    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

  • Ps 24:2
    75%

    2For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    74%

    16The chanels also of the sea appeared, euen the foundations of the worlde were discouered by the rebuking of the Lorde, and at the blast of the breath of his nostrels.

  • Job 12:15
    74%

    15Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

  • Job 36:30
    74%

    30Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

  • Jer 5:22
    74%

    22Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? Or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

  • Ps 148:6
    74%

    6And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.

  • Job 28:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

    26When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,

  • Ps 95:5
    73%

    5To whome the Sea belongeth: for hee made it, and his handes formed the dry land.

  • Job 38:16
    73%

    16Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? Or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?

  • Ps 33:9
    73%

    9For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood.

  • Ps 18:15
    73%

    15And the chanels of waters were seene, and the foundations of the worlde were discouered at thy rebuking, O Lorde, at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrels.

  • Job 11:9
    72%

    9The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

  • Prov 8:24
    72%

    24When there were no depths, was I begotten, when there were no fountaines abounding with water.

  • Job 14:5
    72%

    5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

  • Job 26:8
    72%

    8He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

  • Prov 3:19
    72%

    19The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

  • Jer 10:12
    72%

    12He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • Job 38:30
    72%

    30The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.

  • Exod 15:8
    72%

    8And by the blast of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floods stoode still as an heape, the depthes congealed together in the heart of the Sea.

  • Job 28:11
    72%

    11He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

  • Amos 9:6
    71%

    6He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

  • Jer 51:15
    71%

    15He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • Ps 89:9
    71%

    9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  • Prov 8:30
    71%

    30Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,

  • Job 37:12
    71%

    12And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

  • Job 41:31
    71%

    31(41:22) He maketh the depth to boyle like a pot, and maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.

  • Ps 107:25
    71%

    25For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.

  • Ps 65:6
    71%

    6He stablisheth the mountaines by his power: and is girded about with strength.

  • Ps 89:11
    71%

    11The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.

  • Job 28:9
    70%

    9He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.