Psalm 107:27

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

Cross-reference

Job 12:25 Parallel

Job 12:25 uses the same 'stagger like a drunken man' image for those led astray, mirroring the sailors' disorientation.

Isaiah 19:14 describes Egypt staggering like a drunkard, paralleling the sailors' reeling and staggering in the storm.

Acts 27:15-20 recounts the same storm-at-sea scenario: sailors driven by wind, losing all hope—a direct narrative parallel to the reeling and despair here.

Isaiah 24:20 uses the identical image: 'the earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard'—directly echoing the staggering metaphor from this verse.

Matthew 14:30 shows Peter sinking in fear during a storm and crying out—mirroring the sailors' terror and helplessness in the same kind of sea crisis.

Acts 27:18 Parallel

Acts 27:18 continues the same shipwreck narrative: 'exceedingly tossed with a tempest'—a direct continuation of the storm scene parallel to this verse.

Isaiah 28:7 Parallel

Isaiah 28:7 describes literal drunkenness causing staggering, while this verse uses drunkenness as a simile for storm-tossed sailors—same image, different application.

Isaiah 29:9 Parallel

Isaiah 29:9 calls to stagger without wine, a similar image of confusion, though applied to spiritual blindness rather than storm.