Bible Verses About the Red Sea: 12

"Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left."

— Exodus 14:21-22 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the red sea want Scripture on the yam parting and Israel's dry-ground deliverance through the waters — not only the passover blood-pass inventory alone, the pillar of cloud day-column alone, or the pillar of fire night look-down alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about passover, Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about covenant, Bible verses about providence, Bible verses about thanksgiving, Bible verses about worship, Bible verses about living God, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Christ, Bible verses about the Jordan River, Bible verses about the wilderness, and Bible verse of the day. Red Sea here means the parted yam and the walk through on dry ground — distinct from Passover blood speech and pillar guidance alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, יָם yam (Strong's H3220; Bible Hub H3220) — sea / large body of water; here the sea the Lord drives back so Israel walks through on dry ground. In Exodus 14 Moses stretches out his hand, the east wind turns the sea into dry land, and the waters stand as a wall. This list tracks that parting / dry-ground inventory — not the Passover twelve alone, and not the pillar-of-cloud or pillar-of-fire inventories alone.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 14 presses the Lord's mighty hand dividing the sea for Israel and drowning the pursuers (Bible Hub MHC Exodus 14; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Exodus 14). (Passover blood, Jordan crossing, and wilderness-testing pages live elsewhere; this list centers the Red Sea parting.)

12 Bible verses about the red sea

1. Exodus 14:21-22. "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left." The classic parting — dry ground between walls of water. See Bible verses about salvation.

2. Exodus 14:16. "Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground." Raise the staff — divide the water. See Bible verses about faith.

3. Exodus 14:26-28. "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.' Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived." Waters flow back — pursuers covered. See Bible verses about providence.

4. Exodus 14:29-31. "But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant." Saved through the sea — fear and trust. See Bible verses about worship.

5. Exodus 15:1. "Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord and said: 'I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.'" Song after the sea — horse and driver hurled in. See Bible verses about thanksgiving.

6. Exodus 15:4. "Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea." Chariots hurled into the Red Sea. See Bible verses about living God.

7. Exodus 15:8. "By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea." Waters piled up like a wall. See Bible verses about hope.

8. Joshua 2:10. "We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed." Rahab heard — the Lord dried up the Red Sea. See Bible verses about faith.

9. Nehemiah 9:11. "You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters." Divided the sea — pursuers into the depths. See Bible verses about covenant.

10. Psalm 106:9. "He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert." He rebuked the Red Sea — and it dried up. See Bible verses about providence.

11. Isaiah 51:10. "Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?" A road in the depths — so the redeemed might cross. See Bible verses about Jesus.

12. Hebrews 11:29. "By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned." By faith through the Red Sea as on dry land. See Bible verses about Christ.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the Red Sea — not twelve as a grind. If you need the classic parting, start at Exodus 14:21–22. If you need the song after deliverance, open Exodus 15:1. If you need faith walking through as on dry land, open Hebrews 11:29. For the Passover blood that began the night of exit, open Bible verses about passover. For the Jordan dry-bed crossing into the land, open Bible verses about the Jordan River. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about the Red Sea?

Exodus 14:21–22 is the clear starting place; Exodus 15:1 and Hebrews 11:29 press the song and faith-through-the-sea.

How do Bible verses about the Red Sea differ from Passover alone?

Passover pages gather the blood-pass / pascha speech. This list centers the yam parting and dry-ground walk.

What Hebrew word sits under Red Sea here?

Yam (H3220) — sea; here the sea the Lord drives back so Israel walks through on dry ground.

Why isn't Exodus 12 or Exodus 13:21 on this page?

Those exclusive Passover-blood and pillar-of-cloud leads stay on their hubs so the lists stay distinct (this page owns the parting inventory above).

How is the Red Sea different from the Jordan River alone?

Jordan pages gather the yarden dry-bed crossing into the land. This list centers the sea parting that closed Egypt behind Israel.