9 Bible Verses about Fishes

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Matthew 4:18

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

Matthew 4:18-21

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And straitway leaving the nets they followed him.read more.
And going on from thence, he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a vessel with Zebedee their father mending their nets; and he called them.

Matthew 14:17-21

They say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.read more.
And they all ate and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

Matthew 7:9-10

What man is there of you, who if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Matthew 14:17

They say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.

Luke 24:42

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an honeycomb.

John 21:13

Jesus then cometh and taketh bread, and giveth to them, and fish likewise.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

From Thematic Bible


Fishes » Distinction between clean, and unclean

Fishes » Sold near the fish gate at jerusalem

Fishes » Inhabit » Ponds

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Multiplying a few

Matthew 14:17-21

They say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. read more.
And they all ate and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you?

Fishes » No likeness of, to be made for worship

Fishes » Inhabit » Seas

Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Whale

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Fishes » Man given dominion over

Fishes » Often suffered for man's sin

Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers

Fishes » Taken with » Hooks

Matthew 17:27

Yet that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and cast an hook, and take the fish that first cometh up. And when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money. That take and give them for me and thee.

Fishes » Taken with » Nets

Luke 5:4-6

When he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. But Simon answering said to him, Master, Having toiled all the night, we have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word, I will let down the net. And having done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net brake.

John 21:6-8

They answered him, No. And he said to them, Cast your net on the right side of the vessel, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of fishes. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved saith to Peter, It is the Lord. Simon Peter hearing that it was the Lord, girt on his upper coat (for he was stript) and threw himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in the vessel (for they were not far from land, about two hundred cubits) drawing the net, full of fishes.

Fishes » Catching of, a trade

Matthew 4:18

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

Luke 5:2

And saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Leviathan

Fishes » Mode of cooking alluded to

John 21:9

When they came ashore, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Luke 24:42

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an honeycomb.

Fishes » Different in flesh from beasts, &c

1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another of beasts, another of fishes, another of birds.

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Immense draughts of

Luke 5:6

And having done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net brake.

Luke 5:9

For astonishment seized him, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes,

Fishes » Illustrative » Of men ignorant of future events

Fishes » Illustrative » (bad,) of mere professors

Matthew 13:48-49

Which when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.

Fishes » Illustrative » (good,) of saints

Matthew 13:48-49

Which when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.

Fishes » Created by God

Fishes » Illustrative » Of the whole population of egypt

Fishes » The tyrians traded in

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Procuring tribute money from

Matthew 17:27

Yet that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and cast an hook, and take the fish that first cometh up. And when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money. That take and give them for me and thee.

Fishes » Illustrative » Of those ensnared by the wicked

Fishes » Illustrative » Of the visible church

Matthew 13:48

Which when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

Fishes » Man permitted to eat

Fishes » Used as food » By the egyptians

Fishes » Used as food » By the jews

Matthew 7:10

And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Fishes » Number and variety of

Fishes » Solomon wrote the history of

Fishes » Cannot live without water

Fishes » Made for God's glory

Fishes » Miracles connected with » Dressed on the shore

John 21:9

When they came ashore, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Fishes » Taken with » Spears

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