42 Bible Verses about Hunting

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

For he will deliver you from [the] snare of [the] fowler, from [the] plague of destruction.

And the boys grew up. And Esau [was] a skilled hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob [was] a peaceful man, living [in] tents.

So now, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt food for me.

Judah [is] a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him?

"And [if there is] {anyone} from the {Israelites} or from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil.

Now, my father, see, yes, see, the hem of your robe in my hand! For {when I cut} the hem of your robe I did not kill you. Know and {realize} that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I did not sin against you, but you [are] hunting down my life to take it.

Our soul has escaped like a bird from [the] snare of fowlers. The snare [is] broken, and we have escaped.

"Can you hunt prey for [the] lion? And can you satisfy [the] hunger of strong lions

Look! [the] people will rise like the lion; he raises himself and will not lie down until he eats [the] prey and drinks the blood of the slain."

[The] lion is perishing without prey, and [the] lion's whelps are scattered.

{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.

They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.

The young lions [are] roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.

His roaring [is] like the lion, and he roars like young lions. And he growls and seizes his prey, and he carries [it] off, and not one can rescue [it].

And he walked about in the midst of lions; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.

The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her [is] like a roaring lion [that] is tearing prey. They devour people, and they take wealth and treasure; they make its widows numerous in the midst of her.

Does a lion roar in the forest {when he has no prey}? Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught [something]?

The lion tore apart enough [prey] for his cubs, he strangled [prey] for his lioness; he filled {his lair} [with] prey and his den [with] mangled carcass.

They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey.

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high? It lives [on the] rock and spends the night {on the rock point and the mountain stronghold}. From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away.read more.
And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

And [even] if they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and will take them, and [even] if they hide from before my eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent and it will bite them.

Why do you pursue me like God? And are not satisfied with my flesh?

Look, I [am] sending for many fishermen,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and they will fish them out, and {afterward} I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and from the clefts of the cliffs.

And I will spread out my net on him, and he will be captured in my hunting snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.

In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,

For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.

Then Jacob became angry and quarreled with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What [is] my offense? What [is] my sin that you pursued after me?

Look, find out all of the hiding places where he hides. Then return to me {with dependable information}, and I will go with you. And then if he [is] there in the land, then I will seek him among all the thousands of Judah."

And so then, do not let my blood fall to the ground {away from} the presence of Yahweh, for the king of Israel has gone out to seek a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains."

for he is thrust into a net by his feet, and he walks into a pitfall. A trap seizes [him] by [the] heel; a snare takes hold of him. His rope is hidden in the ground, and his trap 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 out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah

Protect me from [the] {grasp} of [the] trap they have laid for me, and [from the] snares of evildoers.

Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

to guide [the] needy away from legal claims, and to rob the justice from the poor of my people, to make widows their spoil; and they plunder orphans.

And this shall happen: like a hunted gazelle or sheep {with none to gather them}, they will each turn to his [own] people, and they will each flee to his [own] land.

and truth is missing, and he who turns aside from evil [is] plundered. And Yahweh saw, and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice

My enemies hunt me without cause, like a bird.

The faithful [person] has perished from the land, and there is none who is upright among humankind. All of them lie in wait; each hunts his brother [with] a net.

And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness. And he became {an expert with a bow}.

The lazy will not roast his game, but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.