Genesis 1:7 describes the initial separation of waters by the expanse — the prerequisite for the gathering of lower waters that produces dry land here.

Job 26:10 describes God setting bounds on waters, echoing the gathering of waters in creation.

Job 38:8-11 depicts God setting the sea's boundaries, mirroring the act of confining waters to reveal dry land.

Psalm 24:2 says God founded the earth on the seas, echoing the act of separating land from water.

Psalm 33:7 directly parallels this, describing God gathering the waters of the sea as in a heap.

Psalm 95:5 references God's formation of both the sea and the dry land, directly echoing the creation account.

Psalm 104:5-9 expands on God setting the waters' boundary so they would not cover the land again.

Psalm 136:6 continues by crediting God for spreading out the earth above the waters, echoing the separation.

Proverbs 8:29 describes God assigning the sea its limit — the same sovereign act of gathering waters and setting boundaries that produces dry land in creation.

Jeremiah 5:22 affirms God placed sand as the sea's perpetual boundary — directly echoing His creation command that gathered waters and revealed dry land.

Jonah 1:9 confesses fear of the LORD who made the sea and dry land — directly referencing the separation described in the creation account.

2 Peter 3:5 states the earth was formed from water through water by God's word — echoing how dry land appeared when God commanded the waters to gather.

Job 38:10 describes God prescribing limits and setting bars for the sea — the same sovereign boundary-setting that gathers waters and reveals dry land.

In Luke 8:25, Jesus calms the sea with a command — displaying the same divine authority over waters that God exercised when He gathered the seas and caused dry land to appear.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 describes streams flowing to the sea — the ongoing water cycle that continues the pattern God established when He gathered the waters together.