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Want to know what the Bible says about Ships? Here are 60 Bible verses about Ships from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Genesis 7:17-18 NIV
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
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Genesis 49:13 NIV
“Zebulun will live by the seashore
    and become a haven for ships;
    his border will extend toward Sidon.
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Judges 5:17 NIV
Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.
    And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher remained on the coast
    and stayed in his coves.
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Isaiah 33:21 NIV
There the Lord will be our Mighty One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship will sail them.
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James 3:4 NIV
Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
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Isaiah 23:14 NIV
Wail, you ships of Tarshish;
    your fortress is destroyed!
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Job 9:26 NIV
They skim past like boats of papyrus,
    like eagles swooping down on their prey.
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1 Kings 9:26 NIV
King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
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Numbers 24:24 NIV
    Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;
they will subdue Ashur and Eber,
    but they too will come to ruin.
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Daniel 11:30 NIV
Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
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Isaiah 23:1 NIV
A prophecy against Tyre:
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
    For Tyre is destroyed
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.
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Isaiah 60:9 NIV
Surely the islands look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,
bringing your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,
to the honor of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.
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Acts 27:2 NIV
We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
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Acts 27:6 NIV
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
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Isaiah 43:14 NIV
This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,
    in the ships in which they took pride.
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2 Chronicles 8:18 NIV
And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
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Ezekiel 27:5 NIV
They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir ;
they took a cedar from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.
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Isaiah 18:2 NIV
which sends envoys by sea
    in papyrus boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,
    to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers.
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Ezekiel 27:9 NIV
Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board
    as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea and their sailors
    came alongside to trade for your wares.
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Ezekiel 27:27 NIV
Your wealth, merchandise and wares,
    your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
    and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea
    on the day of your shipwreck.
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