Matthew 8:26
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26 And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a dead calm.(A)
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Isaiah 41:10-14
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10 do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.(A)
11 All who are incensed against you
shall be ashamed and disgraced;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.(B)
12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find them;
those who war against you
shall be as nothing at all.(C)
13 For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.”(D)
14 Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you maggot[a] Israel!
I will help you, says the Lord;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.(E)
Footnotes
- 41.14 Cn: Heb men of
Psalm 65:7
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7 You silence the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.(A)
Psalm 107:28-30
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28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out from their distress;
29 he made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.(A)
30 Then they were glad because they had quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
Matthew 6:30
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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
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Psalm 89:9
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9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.(A)
Luke 8:24-25
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24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.(A) 25 Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were terrified and amazed and said to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?”
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Mark 4:39-41
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39 And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”(A) 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
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Romans 4:20
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20 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
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Mark 6:48-51
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48 When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came toward them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by.(A) 49 But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out, 50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.”(B) 51 Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,(C)
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Matthew 16:8
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8 And becoming aware of it, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you talking about having no bread?(A)
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Revelation 10:2
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2 He held a little scroll open in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
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Habakkuk 3:8
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8 Was your wrath against the rivers,[a] O Lord,
or your anger against the rivers[b]
or your rage against the sea,[c]
when you drove your horses,
your chariots to victory?(A)
Nahum 1:4
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4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
and he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither,
and the bloom of Lebanon fades.
Isaiah 63:12
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12 who caused his glorious arm
to march at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,(A)
Isaiah 50:2-4
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2 Why was no one there when I came?
Why did no one answer when I called?
Is my arm powerless to redeem?
Or have I no strength to deliver?
By my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make the rivers a desert,
so that their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.[a](A)
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness
and make sackcloth their covering.(B)
The Servant’s Humiliation and Vindication
4 The Lord God has given me
a trained tongue,[b]
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens,
wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught.(C)
Proverbs 8:28-29
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28 when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(A)
Psalm 104:6-9
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6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.(A)
7 At your rebuke they flee;
at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
to the place that you appointed for them.(B)
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.(C)
Psalm 93:3-4
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3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves[a] of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!(A)
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- 93.4 Cn: Heb majestic are the waves
Job 38:8-11
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8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,(A)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,(B)
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
and set bars and doors,(C)
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?(D)
Matthew 14:30-31
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30 But when he noticed the strong wind,[a] he became frightened, and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”(A)
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- 14.30 Other ancient authorities read the wind
Matthew 8:27
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27 They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
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Psalm 114:3-7
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3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.(A)
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.(B)
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(C)
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