Bible Verses About Mariner: Perils of

¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard and so were driven.

And we, being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship.

And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small storms lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete and have gained this harm and loss.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only of the ship.

For an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.

And we must come unto a certain island.

But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.

But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off.

And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.