50 Bible Verses about Fish
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What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish?
They drew it up on the beach when it was full. They gathered the good into containers and threw away the bad.
The kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea. It gathered fish of every kind.
He said to them: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people.
Why do you make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth [the grave].
Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.
God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.
When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking.
We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.
Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water that you may eat. You may eat anything in the seas and streams that have fins and scales.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Simon Peter said to them: I am going fishing. They told him: We would also come with you. They boarded the boat and caught nothing that night.
However, Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen.
Then he looked up to heaven and blessed the food. He took the five loaves and the two fishes, and broke the loaves into pieces and gave them to his disciples. He also divided the two fishes. He gave the food to his disciples to serve to the people.
The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the people who are on the face of the earth will shake at my presence! The mountains will be thrown down! The steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.'
Jesus asked: How many loaves do you have? They said: Seven, and a few small fish.
He said to them: You feed them. They replied: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes unless we should go and buy food for all these people.
Jesus said: Truly I tell you, you seek me not because you saw miracles but because you ate of the loaves and were full.
He said: Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish. They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Wherever the river flows, there will be many fish and animals. The river will make the water in the Dead Sea fresh. Wherever the river flows, it will bring life.
For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
He took the five loaves and the two fishes. Looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke the bread. Then he gave them to the disciples to pass out to the crowd.
He took the seven loaves and the fish and offered a prayer of thanksgiving. Then he broke them and gave them to the disciples. The disciples gave them to the people.
I am going to send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.
Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.
Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he asks him for bread?
Do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.
Simon Peter went to draw the net to land. It was full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty three in all. There were so many and yet the net was not torn.
I will terminate both man and beast. I will put an end to the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea. I will eliminate the sins that make people fall, together with the sinners. I will remove people from the face of the earth, declared Jehovah.
Simon answered, Master we worked all night and caught nothing. At your word I will let down the nets.
Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
A third of the living creatures in the sea died. And a third of the ships were destroyed.
They had some small fish. After blessing them he had them serve the people in the same way.
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They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
Fish » General references to
Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water that you may eat. You may eat anything in the seas and streams that have fins and scales.
He said: Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish. They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Fish » Miraculous draughts of
He said: Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish. They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking.
We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.
Fish » Miracles connected with » Of the loaves and fishes
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.
He took the seven loaves and the fish and offered a prayer of thanksgiving. Then he broke them and gave them to the disciples. The disciples gave them to the people.
When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking.
He said, Take nothing for your journey. Do not take a staff or food or money. Do not even take two coats. Stay at the house you enter until you depart. If someone does not receive you, when you leave the city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against that person. read more.
They departed and went throughout the villages preaching the good news, and healing everywhere. Herod the ruler of Galilee heard of all that was done and was very perplexed (confused) (skeptical). Some said John the Baptist was raised from the dead and that he did it. Others said that Elijah had appeared and others and that one of the old prophets had risen again. Herod said: I beheaded John, but who is this, about whom I hear such things? He wanted to see him. When the apostles returned they told Jesus about the things they had done. They traveled to the city of Bethsaida. The crowds followed him and he welcomed them. He spoke to them about the kingdom of God. He healed many who were sick. As the day wore on the twelve came to him and said: Send the people away, that they may go into the villages and country nearby to find lodging and get food, for we are here in a lonely place. He said to them: You feed them. They replied: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes unless we should go and buy food for all these people. There were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, make them sit down in groups of about fifty each. They did so, and made them all sit down. He took the five loaves and the two fishes. Looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke the bread. Then he gave them to the disciples to pass out to the crowd. They ate and were all filled. Twelve baskets of left over pieces remained.
Fish » Caught » Hooks
The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.
Fish » Clean and unclean
Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water that you may eat. You may eat anything in the seas and streams that have fins and scales. On the other hand, you must consider all swarming creatures living in the seas or the streams that have no fins or scales disgusting. They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies repulsive. read more.
Every creature in the water without fins or scales is offensive to you.
These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat. Do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.
Fish » Miracles connected with » Furnished to the disciples by jesus after his resurrection
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said: Bring the fish you caught. Simon Peter went to draw the net to land. It was full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty three in all. There were so many and yet the net was not torn. read more.
Jesus said to them: Come and eat. And none of the disciples dared to inquire, who are you? They just knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and fish and gave it to them.
Fish » Miracles connected with » Jonah swallowed by
However, Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth [the grave].
Fish » Broiled
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said: Bring the fish you caught. Simon Peter went to draw the net to land. It was full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty three in all. There were so many and yet the net was not torn. read more.
Jesus said to them: Come and eat. And none of the disciples dared to inquire, who are you? They just knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and fish and gave it to them.
Fish » Traffic in
There were men of Tyre there. They came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.
Fish » Miracles connected with » Great draught of
He said: Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish. They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
When he finished speaking he asked Simon to put into deep water and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, Master we worked all night and caught nothing. At your word I will let down the nets. When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking. read more.
They called their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They filled both boats until they began to sink.
Fish » Caught » With nets
For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
Fish » Figurative
Wherever the river flows, there will be many fish and animals. The river will make the water in the Dead Sea fresh. Wherever the river flows, it will bring life. From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
Fish » Creation of
God said: Let the waters be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky. God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
Fish » Ponds for » In egypt
The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
Fish » Miracles connected with » Coin obtained from mouth of
We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.
Fish » Ponds for » In heshbon
Your neck is as a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is as the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.
Fish » Caught » Spears
Fish » Appointed for food
All the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air will be filled with fear and dread of you. Every creature that moves along the ground and all the fish of the sea are placed under your control. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
Food » List of articles » Fish
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
Food » Articles of » Fish
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
River Nile » Abounded in » Fish
The fish in the Nile died. The river smelled bad. The Egyptians could not drink any water from the river. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.
I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers. All the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.
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They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
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John 21:6He said: Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish. They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
