Jeremiah 5:22

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“You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”

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  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
  • Deut 28:58 : 58 The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,
  • Ps 104:9 : 9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Listen to the LORD’s message, you who respect his word! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say,“May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. 4 Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.
  • Ps 99:1 : 1 The LORD reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth shakes.
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.“For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
  • Amos 9:6 : 6 He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Mark 4:39 : 39 So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

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  • 11when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?

  • 15I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

  • 21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • 7You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

  • 29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

  • Ps 93:3-4
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    3The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

    4Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.

  • 35The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

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

  • 11Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.

  • Ps 46:2-3
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    2For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

    3when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea.(Selah)

  • 12Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.

  • 5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

  • 2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

  • 8Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

  • 5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

  • 5The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.

  • 16The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the LORD’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.

  • Amos 9:5-6
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    5The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.

    6He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name.

  • 8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • 10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

  • Ps 33:7-8
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    7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

    8Let the whole earth fear the LORD! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

  • 18If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

  • 35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid– their faces are troubled.

  • 9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 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?”

  • 12Beware, you many nations massing together, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves. Beware, you people making such an uproar, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

  • 20The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

  • 7Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

  • 5The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

  • 27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

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

  • 4He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

  • Hag 2:5-6
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    5“Do not fear, because I made a promise to your ancestors when they left Egypt, and my Spirit even now testifies to you.”

    6Moreover, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:“In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.

  • 14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

  • 5The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

  • 11The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

  • 21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • 20But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

  • 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

  • 7Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

  • 30Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • 9You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

  • 21Do not fear, my land! Rejoice and be glad, because the LORD has accomplished great things!