Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Cross-references
Exodus 14:21 describes the actual parting of the sea that this verse poetically summarizes — a direct narrative parallel.
Exodus 14:22 describes the same event: waters as a wall while Israel crossed, which Exodus 15:8 poetically recounts.
2 Samuel 22:16 uses identical imagery: 'blast of his nostrils' causing waters to part, echoing God's deliverance at the Red Sea.
Psalm 78:13 recalls the Red Sea miracle: 'He made the waters stand like a heap' – a direct poetic parallel to Exodus 15:8.
2 Thessalonians 2:8: the Lord Jesus will kill the lawless one 'with the breath of his mouth' – direct NT echo of God's breath as judgment in Exodus.
Joshua 3:13: Jordan waters 'stand in one heap' like the Red Sea – a typological fulfillment of God's deliverance leading to the Promised Land.
Psalm 18:15 uses the identical phrase 'blast of your nostrils' to depict God exposing the sea's channels at his rebuke.
Psalm 33:7 echoes the same image of God gathering the sea as a heap, emphasizing his sovereign control over waters.
Job 4:9 describes the wicked perishing by 'the blast of his anger' – similar divine breath as destructive force, though context differs.
Psalm 114:3 portrays the sea fleeing at God's presence, a parallel act of water responding to divine power.
Isaiah 11:4: the Messiah 'with the breath of his lips shall kill the wicked' – same OT motif of God's breath as judgment.