Jeremiah 5:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.

Cross References

Genesis 1:9

Truly God said: "Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear." And so it became.

1 Kings 13:28

and he had departed, he found the dead body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the dead body. The lion did not eat from the dead body, nor did it harm the donkey.

Job 26:10

He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.

Job 37:24

Therefore, men will fear him, and all those who seem to themselves to be wise, will not dare to contemplate him.

Job 38:8

Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,

Psalm 104:9

which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.

Psalm 33:7

This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.

Psalm 46:3

For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.

Psalm 99:1

A Psalm of Confession.

Proverbs 8:29

when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.

Isaiah 50:2

For I arrived, and there was no man. I called out, and there was no one who would hear. Has my hand been shortened and become small, so that I am unable to redeem? Or is there no power in me to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke, I will make the sea into a desert. I will turn rivers into dry land. The fish will rot for lack of water and will die of thirst.

Isaiah 64:2

They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire. The waters would burn with fire, so that your name might be made known to your enemies, so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.

Isaiah 66:5

Listen to the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you and who cast you out because of my name, have said: "Let the Lord be glorified, and we will see by your rejoicing." But they themselves will be confounded.

Jeremiah 10:7

Who will not fear you, O King of the nations? For honor is yours. Among all the wise of the nations, and within all their kingdoms, there is nothing similar to you.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you! But know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun as the light of the day, who puts the moon and the stars in order as the light of the night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Daniel 6:26

It is hereby established by my decree that, in all my empire and my kingdom, they shall begin to tremble and fear the God of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God forever, and his kingdom will not be destroyed, and his power will last forever.

Amos 4:12

Because of this, I will do these things to you, Israel. But after I have done these things to you, Israel, be prepared to meet your God.

Amos 9:6

He establishes his ascension into heaven, and he has founded his bundle on the earth. He calls the waters of the ocean, and pours them over the face of the earth. The Lord is his name.

Jonah 1:16

And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.

Nahum 1:4

He is the one who rebukes the sea, and who dries it up, and who leads all the rivers to the desert. Basan has been weakened, and also Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon has languished.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.

Mark 4:39

And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and he said to the sea: "Silence. Be stilled." And the wind ceased. And a great tranquility occurred.

Luke 12:5

But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him.

Deuteronomy 28:58

If you will not keep and do all the words of this law, which have been written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name, that is, the Lord your God,

Revelation 15:4

Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and magnify your name? For you alone are blessed. For all nations shall approach and adore in your sight, because your judgments are manifest."