37 Bible Verses about Nets

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John 21:6

And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find. Therefore they cast, and now they no longer had the strength to draw, from the multitude of fish.

Luke 5:4

And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the street like a wild antelope in a net, filled with the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of your God.

Ezekiel 47:10

And it will be, the fishermen shall stand on it from En-gedi even to En-eglaim, a spreading place for nets shall be there. Their fish shall be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.

Matthew 4:18

And walking by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea. For they were fishermen.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird,

Isaiah 19:8

The fishermen also shall mourn, and all who drop a hook into the Nile shall wail, and those who spread nets on the waters shall droop.

Ezekiel 26:5

It shall be a spreading place of nets in the middle of the sea. For I have spoken, says the Lord Jehovah. And it shall become a spoil to the nations.

Matthew 4:21

And going on from there, he saw another two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them;

Mark 1:19

And when He going farther from there a little, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

Matthew 13:47

Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered some of every kind;

Mark 1:18

And immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Luke 5:2-4

And He saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat. And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Habakkuk 1:15-17

He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults. So he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; because by them his portion is fat and his food rich. Shall he then empty his net, and shall he not spare to continually slay nations?

Job 18:8

For he is thrown into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a net.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have spread their net for me in a pit-net; without cause they have dug for my soul.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets together, while I escape.

Ezekiel 19:8

And the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests, and listen, house of Israel. And give ear, house of the king. For judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Micah 7:2

The pious has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. For they all lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother with a net.

Job 19:6

know now that God has overthrown me, and His net has closed on me.

Hosea 7:12

When they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as a report to their congregation.

Luke 5:10

and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not fear, from now on you will be taking men alive.

Lamentations 1:13

From above He has sent fire into my bones and it has laid them low. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me amazed and faint all the day.

Ezekiel 12:13

I will also spread My net on him, and He shall be taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

Ezekiel 17:20

And I will spread My net on him, and he shall be taken in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and I will judge him there with his sin which he has sinned against Me.

Ezekiel 32:3

So says the Lord Jehovah: I will therefore spread out My net over you with an assembly of many peoples; and they shall lift you up in My net.

Exodus 27:4-5

And you shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze. And upon the net you shall make four bronze rings in the four corners of it. And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, so that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

1 Kings 7:17

He made gratings, grating work with twisted threads of chain-work, for the capitals on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

Jeremiah 52:22

And a capital of bronze was on it. And the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capitals all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also, and the pomegranates, were like these.

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Luke 5:4-6

And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul. And answering, Simon said to Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Yet at Your word I will let down the net. And doing this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish. And their net was being torn.

John 21:6-8

And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find. Therefore they cast, and now they no longer had the strength to draw, from the multitude of fish. Then that disciple whom Jesus loves said to Peter, It is the Lord! Then hearing that it is the Lord, Simon Peter girded on his coat (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little boat (for they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits), dragging the net of fish.

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Luke 5:6

And doing this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish. And their net was being torn.

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