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
- 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