Bible verses about Fishes

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Created by God
Genesis 1:20,21; Exodus 20:11
Made for God's glory
Job 12:8,9; Psalms 69:34
INHABIT
- Seas
  Numbers 11:22; Ezekiel 47:10
- Rivers
  Exodus 7:18; Ezekiel 29:5
- Ponds
  Solomon 7:4; Isaiah 19:10
Number and variety of
Psalms 104:25
Different in flesh from beasts &c
I Corinthians 15:39
Cannot live without water
Isaiah 50:2
Man given dominion over
Genesis 1:26,28; Psalms 8:8
Man permitted to eat
Genesis 9:2,3
USED AS FOOD
- By the Egyptians
  Numbers 11:5
- By the Jews
  Matthew 7:10
Mode of cooking alluded to
Luke 24:42; John 21:9
The people of Tyre traded in
Nehemiah 13:16
Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem
II Chronicles 33:14; Zephaniah 1:10
Distinction between clean and unclean
Leviticus 11:9-12; Deuteronomy 14:9,10
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Leviathan
  Job 41:1; Psalms 74:14
- Whale
  Genesis 1:21; Matthew 12:40
Solomon wrote the history of
I Kings 4:33
No likeness of, to be made for worship
Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 4:18
Catching of, a trade
Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:2
TAKEN WITH
- Nets
  Luke 5:4-6; John 21:6-8
- Hooks
  Amos 4:2; Matthew 17:27
- Spears
  Job 41:7
- Often suffered for man's sin
  Exodus 7:21; Ezekiel 38:20
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Multiplying a few
  Matthew 14:17-21; 15:34
- Immense draughts of
  Luke 5:6,9; John 21:6,11
- Procuring tribute money from
  Matthew 17:27
- Dressed on the shore
  John 21:9
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the whole population of Egypt
  Ezekiel 29:4,5
- Of the visible church
  Matthew 13:48
- Of men ignorant of future events
  Ecclesiastes 9:12
- Of those ensnared by the wicked
  Habakkuk 1:14
- (Good,) of saints
  Matthew 13:48,49
- (Bad,) of mere professors
  Matthew 13:48,49

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