17 Bible Verses about Fishes

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Genesis 1:20-21

And God said - Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea-monsters, - and every living soul that moveth - with which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird - after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Deuteronomy 4:15-18

Ye must take diligent heed, therefore unto your own souls, for ye saw no manner of form, on the day Yahweh spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness, - a model of male or female; a model of any beast that is in the earth, - a mode of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens;read more.
a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground, - a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;

Matthew 4:18

And, walking round beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren - Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, - casting a large fishing-net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Matthew 4:18-21

And, walking round beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren - Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, - casting a large fishing-net into the sea, for they were fishers; and he saith unto them, Come after me, - and I will make you fishers, of men. And, they, straightway, leaving the nets, followed him.read more.
And, going forward from thence, he saw other two brethren - James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother - in the boat with Zebedee their father, putting in order their nets, - and he called them.

Jonah 1:17

Now Yahweh had appointed a great fish, to swallow up Jonah, - and Jonah was in the belly of the fish, three days and three nights.

Matthew 14:17-21

But, they, say unto him - We have nothing here, save five loaves and two fishes. But, he, said - Bring, them, to me, here. And, giving orders that the multitudes should recline upon the grass, - taking the five loaves and the two fishes, - looking up into the heaven, he blessed; and, breaking, gave, the disciples, the loaves, and the disciples unto the multitude.read more.
And they did all eat, and were filled, - and they took up the remainder of the broken pieces, twelve baskets, full. And, they who did eat, were about five thousand, men, besides women and children.

Ezekiel 47:9

And it shall come to pass that every living soul that swarmeth whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live, and the fish shall become a very great multitude; for these waters have come thither, that they may be healed so shall everything live whithersoever the river cometh.

Exodus 7:18

and, the fish that is in the river shall die and the river shall be loathsome, - and the Egyptians, shall disdain, to drink water out of the river.

Isaiah 19:8

Then shall the fishers, lament, And all shall mourn who cast in the Nile a hook, - And they who spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish;

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold me! sending for many fishers Declareth Yahweh, And they shall catch them, - and thereafter will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from off every mountain and from off every hill, and out of the clefts of the crags.

Matthew 7:9-10

Or what man, from among yourselves, whom his son shall ask for a loaf, - a stone, will give him? Or, a fish also, shall ask, - a serpent, will give him?

Matthew 14:17

But, they, say unto him - We have nothing here, save five loaves and two fishes.

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money, - the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.

John 21:13

Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth unto them; and the fish, in like manner.

Matthew 12:40

For, just as was Jonah in the belly of the sea-monster three days and three nights, so, will be the Son of Man, in the heart of the earth, three days and three nights.

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Fishes » Distinction between clean, and unclean

Leviticus 11:9-12

these, may ye eat, of all that are in the waters, - all that have fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the rivers, them, may ye eat. But, all that have not fins and scales, in the seas and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living souls that are in the waters, an abomination, they are unto you; and an abomination, shall they remain to you, - of their flesh, ye shall not eat, and their carcases, shall ye abhor. read more.
Whatsoever hath not fins and scales in the waters, an abomination, it is unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:9-10

These, may ye eat of all that that are in the waters, - whatsoever hath fins and scales, ye may eat; and, whatsoever hath not, fins and scales, ye may not eat, - unclean, it is unto you.

Fishes » Sold near the fish gate at jerusalem

2 Chronicles 33:14

And, after this, he built an outer wall to the city of David on the west of the Gihon in the ravine, even to the entering in through the fish-gate, and went round to Ophel, and carried it up very high, - and put captains of valour in all the fortified cities, throughout Judah.

Zephaniah 1:10

And there shall come to be, in that day, declareth Yahweh, The noise of an outcry from the fish-gate, and of a howling out of the new city, - and of a great crashing, from the hills.

Fishes » Inhabit » Ponds

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck, is like a tower of ivory, - Thine eyes, are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim, Thy nose, is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh towards Damascus:

Isaiah 19:10

Then shall her pillars be crushed, - All who make wages, be bowed down in soul.

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Multiplying a few

Matthew 14:17-21

But, they, say unto him - We have nothing here, save five loaves and two fishes. But, he, said - Bring, them, to me, here. And, giving orders that the multitudes should recline upon the grass, - taking the five loaves and the two fishes, - looking up into the heaven, he blessed; and, breaking, gave, the disciples, the loaves, and the disciples unto the multitude. read more.
And they did all eat, and were filled, - and they took up the remainder of the broken pieces, twelve baskets, full. And, they who did eat, were about five thousand, men, besides women and children.

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith unto them - How many, loaves have ye? And, they, said, - Seven, and a few small fishes.

Fishes » No likeness of, to be made for worship

Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above, - or that is in the earth beneath, - or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 4:18

a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground, - a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;

Fishes » Inhabit » Seas

Ezekiel 47:10

And it shall come to pass that there shall stand by it fishers, from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim, places for spreading out nets, shall they be, - after their kind, shall be their fish, like the fish of the great sea exceeding many.

Numbers 11:22

Shall the flocks and herds, be slaughtered for them, that it may suffice for them? Shall all the fishes of the sea, be gathered together unto them that it may suffice for them?

Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Whale

Genesis 1:21

And God created the great sea-monsters, - and every living soul that moveth - with which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird - after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Matthew 12:40

For, just as was Jonah in the belly of the sea-monster three days and three nights, so, will be the Son of Man, in the heart of the earth, three days and three nights.

Fishes » Man given dominion over

Fishes » Often suffered for man's sin

Ezekiel 38:20

Then shall tremble before me The fishes of the sea, and The bird of the heavens and The wild beast of the field, and Every creeping thing that creepeth on the ground, and All the men we are on the face of the ground, - and The mountains is hall be torn asunder and The steep places I shall sink down I, and Every wall to the earth, shall be thrown.

Exodus 7:21

and the fish that was in the river, died and the river became loathsome, so that the Egyptians could not drink water out of the river, - thus came it to pass that blood was in all the land of Egypt.

Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers

Exodus 7:18

and, the fish that is in the river shall die and the river shall be loathsome, - and the Egyptians, shall disdain, to drink water out of the river.

Ezekiel 29:5

And I will stretch thee out towards the desert thee and all the fish of thy rivers, Off the face of the field, shalt thou lie Thou shalt not be carried away. nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food.

Fishes » Taken with » Hooks

Matthew 17:27

But, that we may not cause them to stumble, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and, the first fish that cometh up, take, and, opening its mouth, thou shalt find a shekel, - that, take, and give to them for me and thee.

Amos 4:2

Sworn hath My Lord, Yahweh, by his own holiness, That lo! days, are coming upon you, - when he will take you away with hooks, and your followers with fishhooks;

Fishes » Taken with » Nets

Luke 5:4-6

And, when he ceased speaking, he said unto Simon - Put off into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon, answering, said - Master! although through the whole night we toiled, we took, nothing; howbeit, at thy bidding, I will let down the nets. And, when this they had done, they enclosed a very large number of fishes, and their nets began to break.

John 21:6-8

And, he, said unto them - Cast the net, on the right side of the boat, - and ye shall find. They cast, therefore; and, no longer, were they able, to draw, it, for the multitude of the fishes. That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus loved, saith unto Peter - It is, the Lord! Simon Peter, therefore, hearing that it was the Lord, girded about him, his upper garment, - for he was naked; and cast himself into the sea; but, the other disciples, came, by the little boat, - for they were not farther from the land than about two hundred cubits off, - dragging the net of fishes.

Fishes » Catching of, a trade

Matthew 4:18

And, walking round beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren - Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, - casting a large fishing-net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Luke 5:2

and he saw two boats placed near the lake, and, the fishers, having gone away, from them, were washing their nets.

Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Leviathan

Job 41:1

Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?

Psalm 74:14

Thou, didst crush the heads of the Sea-Monster, Thou didst give him to be food, for the people of the deserts;

Fishes » Mode of cooking alluded to

John 21:9

So, when they got out upon the land, they behold a coal fire lying, and fish lying over, and bread.

Fishes » Different in flesh from beasts, &c

1 Corinthians 15:39

Not all flesh, is the same flesh; but, one, indeed, is, the flesh of men, and, another, the flesh of beasts, and, another, the flesh of birds, and, another, of fishes;

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Immense draughts of

Luke 5:6

And, when this they had done, they enclosed a very large number of fishes, and their nets began to break.

Luke 5:9

For, amazement, overcame him, and all them who were with him, on account of the draught of the fishes which they had taken;

Fishes » Illustrative » Of men ignorant of future events

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

Fishes » Illustrative » (bad,) of mere professors

Matthew 13:48-49

which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast. So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;

Fishes » Illustrative » (good,) of saints

Matthew 13:48-49

which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast. So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;

Fishes » Created by God

Genesis 1:20-21

And God said - Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea-monsters, - and every living soul that moveth - with which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird - after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Fishes » Illustrative » Of the whole population of egypt

Ezekiel 29:4-5

Therefore will I put hooks in thy jaws, And cause the fish of thy rivers to stick fast in thy scales,- And will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, And lull the fish of thy rivers Ito thy scales shall stick fast; And I will stretch thee out towards the desert thee and all the fish of thy rivers, Off the face of the field, shalt thou lie Thou shalt not be carried away. nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food.

Fishes » The tyrians traded in

Nehemiah 13:16

And, men of Tyre, dwelt therein, who were bringing in fish - and every kind of ware for sale, - and were selling, on the sabbath, to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem;

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Procuring tribute money from

Matthew 17:27

But, that we may not cause them to stumble, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and, the first fish that cometh up, take, and, opening its mouth, thou shalt find a shekel, - that, take, and give to them for me and thee.

Fishes » Illustrative » Of those ensnared by the wicked

Habakkuk 1:14

So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:

Fishes » Illustrative » Of the visible church

Matthew 13:48

which, when it was filled, they dragged up on the beach, and, sitting down, collected the good into vessels, but, the worthless, forth they cast.

Fishes » Man permitted to eat

Genesis 9:2-3

and let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, - over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea, - into your hand, have they been given. As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, - Like the green herb, have I given you all things.

Fishes » Used as food » By the egyptians

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money, - the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.

Fishes » Used as food » By the jews

Matthew 7:10

Or, a fish also, shall ask, - a serpent, will give him?

Fishes » Number and variety of

Psalm 104:25

This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, - Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great;

Fishes » Solomon wrote the history of

1 Kings 4:33

And he discoursed of trees - from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out in the wall, - and he discoursed of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

Fishes » Cannot live without water

Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore, When I came in, was there no one? When I called, was there none to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert, Their fish Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst:

Fishes » Made for God's glory

Job 12:8-9

Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee: Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Dressed on the shore

John 21:9

So, when they got out upon the land, they behold a coal fire lying, and fish lying over, and bread.

Fishes » Taken with » Spears

Job 41:7

Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?

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