42 Bible Verses about Hunting

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.

When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.

So now, please take your [hunting] gear, your quiver [of arrows] and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me;

“Judah, a lion’s cub;
With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain].
He stooped down, he crouched like a lion,
And like a lion—who dares rouse him?

So when any Israelite or any stranger living temporarily among them, catches any ceremonially clean animal or bird when hunting, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

Look, my father! Indeed, see the hem of your robe in my hand! Since I cut off the hem of your robe and did not kill you, know and understand [without question] that there is no evil or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait to take my life.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.

“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

“Behold, a people rises up like a lioness
And lifts itself up like a lion;
He will not lie down until he devours the prey
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],
And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

The young lions roar after their prey
And seek their food from God.

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;
They growl and seize their prey
And carry it off and there is no one to save it.

‘And he moved among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear the prey;
He devoured men.

There is a conspiracy of her [false] prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured [human] life; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows among her.

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?

The lion [of Assyria] tore enough for his cubs (Assyrian citizens),
Killed [enough prey] for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.

“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,
Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]?

“On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely],
Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.

“From there he spies out the prey;
His eyes see it from far away.
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“His young ones suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

“Though they hide on the summit of [Mount] Carmel,
I will track them down and take them from there;
And though they hide from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I shall command the serpent and it will bite them.

“Why do you persecute me as God does?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?

“Behold (listen carefully), I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.

I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Then Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. And he said to Laban, “What is my fault? What is my sin that you pursued me like this?

So look, and take note of all the places where he hides and come back to me with the established facts, then I will go with you. If he is [anywhere] in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as when one hunts a [defenseless] partridge in the mountains.”

“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

“A snare catches him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.

“A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do evil.

Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the fatherless.

And like the hunted gazelle,
Or like sheep that no man gathers,
Each [foreign resident] will turn [and go back] to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.

Yes, truth is missing;
And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw it,
And it displeased Him that there was no justice.

Without cause my enemies
Hunted me down like a bird;

The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.

God was with Ishmael, and he grew and developed; and he lived in the wilderness and became an [expert] archer.

The lazy man does not catch and roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a [wise] man is diligence [because he recognizes opportunities and seizes them].