42 Bible Verses about Hunting

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah. That is why it is said: Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

He is the one who will rescue you from the bird hunter's trap (fowler's snare) and from deadly plagues.

The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home.

Please take your hunting equipment, your quiver and bow, and go out into the open country and hunt some wild game for me.

Judah is like a lion, killing his victim and returning to his den. He is like a lion stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

If Israelites or foreigners hunt any animal or bird that may be eaten, they must pour out the animal's blood and cover it with dirt.

My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! I cut off the border of your robe and did not kill you. You should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I have not sinned against you! But you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life.

We escaped as a bird out of the trap of fowlers (bird catchers). The trap is broken, and we have escaped.

Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions

Behold, the nation of Israel! It is like a mighty lion: It will rise and not lie down again until it has torn and devoured it's pray. It will drink the blood of those it has killed.

The old lions die without any prey to eat, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Each one of them is like a lion eager to tear its prey apart and like a young lion crouching in hiding places.

They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions.

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

They roar like a lioness. They growl like a young lion. They growl as they snatch their prey and carry it off to where no one can rescue it.

He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives. They have taken treasure and precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her.

Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out from his den if he has captured nothing?

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses. He filled his caves and dens with prey.

They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high? It lives on the rock and makes its home in the fastness of the rocky crag. It spies the pray from there. Its eyes see it from far away.read more.
Its young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there it is.

Though they hide on top of Mount Carmel I will search and find them and take them from there. Though they hide from my sight on the bottom of the sea I will command the serpent to bite them.

Why do you pursue me as God does? Why are you never satisfied with my flesh?

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.

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

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.

Jacob lost his temper. What crime have I committed? he asked angrily. What law have I broken that gives you the right to hunt me down?

Find out exactly the places where he hides. Be sure to bring back a report to me right away. Then I will go with you. If he is still in the region, I will hunt him down, even if I have to search the whole land of Judah.

Do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of Jehovah. The king of Israel comes to search for a flea. Yet he hunts me down like a partridge on the mountains.

His feet cast him into a net and he wanders into its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel and a snare holds him fast. A noose is hidden for him on the ground and a trap lies in his path.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from your precepts.

Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road.

Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers.

Deliver your self like a deer from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (bird catcher).

They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.

They will each turn to his own people, and each one escape to his own land just like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep without a shepherd.

Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil become victims. Jehovah sees it, and what he saw displeased him because there is no justice.

My enemies hunt for me just as if I was a bird.

The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.

God was with the lad, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

The lazy man does not cook what he took in hunting. The substance of a diligent man is precious.