37 Bible Verses about Nets

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John 21:6

He told them, "Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some." So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

Luke 5:4

When he had finished speaking, he told Simon, "Push out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch."

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted. They lie at the head of every street, like antelope caught in a trap, filled with the anger of the LORD and the rebuke of your God.

Ezekiel 47:10

A day will come when fishermen will line its banks from En-gedi to En-eglaim there will be plenty of room to spread out nets. There will be all sorts of species of fish, as abundant as the fish that live in the Mediterranean Sea. There will be lots of them!

Matthew 4:18

While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Proverbs 1:17

Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,

Isaiah 19:8

The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.

Ezekiel 26:5

and it will become a place where nets will be spread out right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Because I have declared this to happen,' declares the Lord GOD, "Tyre will be treated as the spoils of war by the invading nations.

Matthew 4:21

Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

Mark 1:19

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat repairing their nets.

Matthew 13:47

"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea that gathered all kinds of fish.

Mark 1:18

So immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Luke 5:2-4

He saw two boats lying on the shore, but the fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets. So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he told Simon, "Push out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch."

Proverbs 29:5

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks.

Habakkuk 1:15-17

The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch. Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food. Is he to continue to empty his fishing net? Will he ever stop killing entire nations without mercy?"

Job 18:8

"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

Psalm 10:9

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

Psalm 25:15

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

Psalm 35:7

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

Psalm 57:6

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. A Davidic Song, when he was in the cave. A prayer.

Ezekiel 19:8

The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap.

Hosea 5:1

"Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount Tabor.

Micah 7:2

The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.

Job 19:6

then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."

Hosea 7:12

When they go, I'll cast my net over them. I'll bring them down, as one shoots birds in the sky. I'll chasten them, as the assembly has already heard.

Luke 5:10

and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons and Simon's partners.

Lamentations 1:13

He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.

Ezekiel 12:13

But I'll throw my net over him. As a result, he'll be captured with my net, and with it I'll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won't see it, though he'll die there.

Ezekiel 17:20

I'll spread my net over him so that he'll be caught in my snare. I'll bring him to Babylon and carry out my sentence there because of his treachery toward me.

Ezekiel 32:3

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm coming fishing for you! Right in the sight of many nations they'll haul you up in my dragnet.

Exodus 27:4-5

You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar.

1 Kings 7:17

A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures.

Jeremiah 52:22

On each pillar was a capital of bronze, and the height of each capital was five cubits. Latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar was like this, including the pomegranates.

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Luke 5:4-6

When he had finished speaking, he told Simon, "Push out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets." After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

John 21:6-8

He told them, "Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some." So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish. That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore.

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Luke 5:6

After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

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