Verse 22

“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.”

Referenced Verses

  • 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!