James 3:4

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Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.

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  • Ps 107:25-27 : 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 26 They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. 27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!
  • Matt 8:24 : 24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.
  • Acts 27:14-38 : 14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island. 15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control. 17 After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along. 18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard, 19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved. 21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss. 22 And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’ 25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told. 26 But we must run aground on some island.” 27 When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land. 28 They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep. 29 Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear. 30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away. 33 As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying,“Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.” 35 After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat. 36 So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves. 37 (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.) 38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

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  • Jas 3:2-3
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    2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

    3And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

  • Jas 3:5-7
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    5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

    7For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

  • Ps 104:25-26
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    25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

    26The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39Paul is Shipwrecked When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

    40So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

    41But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

  • Ps 107:23-25
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    23Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

    24They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

    25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

  • Acts 27:13-15
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    13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

    14Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

    15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

    12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

    13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

  • Ezek 27:25-26
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    25The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

    26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

  • Mark 4:36-38
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    36So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

    37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

    38But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him,“Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”

  • Jonah 1:4
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    4But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

  • Prov 21:1
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    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

  • Acts 27:17-19
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    17After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

    18The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

    19and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.

  • Ps 48:7
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    7With an east wind you shatter the large ships.

  • Ezek 27:29
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    29They will descend from their ships– all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains– they will stand on the land.

  • Matt 14:24
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    24Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

  • Matt 8:24
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    24And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

  • Eccl 1:6
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    6The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.

  • Job 37:12
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    12The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

  • Isa 33:23
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    23Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

  • Ps 107:29-30
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    29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

    30The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

  • Isa 2:16
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    16for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.

  • Acts 27:30
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    30Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

  • Ezek 27:8
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    8The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

  • Matt 8:27
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    27And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

  • Acts 27:7
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    7We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

  • Prov 23:34
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    34And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

  • Luke 8:23
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    23and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him,“What are you doing?”

  • Matt 14:32
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    32When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

  • Ps 89:9
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    9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.