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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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Jonah 1:3 NIV
But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish . He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.
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Mark 4:38 NIV
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
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Jonah 1:4 NIV
Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.
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Mark 4:37-38 NIV
37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
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Acts 27:17 NIV
so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.
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Psalm 48:7 NIV
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
    shattered by an east wind.
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Acts 27:41-44 NIV
41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. 43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. 44 The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.
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2 Corinthians 11:25 NIV
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
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Proverbs 31:14 NIV
She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.
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1 Timothy 1:19 NIV
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
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