Bible Verses About Fish
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fish, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 506 votes, led by Matthew 13:47. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fish
Matthew 13:4790 votes
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Genesis 1:2838 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 9:1230 votes
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ezekiel 29:428 votes
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
Ezekiel 47:1027 votes
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Matthew 4:1924 votes
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Numbers 11:2222 votes
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
Psalms 105:2922 votes
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Matthew 17:2721 votes
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Ezekiel 47:918 votes
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
John 21:1318 votes
Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
Ezekiel 38:2015 votes
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Genesis 1:2614 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Jeremiah 16:1614 votes
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Genesis 9:213 votes
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Matthew 12:4013 votes
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 24:4213 votes
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Genesis 1:2111 votes
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Deuteronomy 4:1811 votes
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deuteronomy 14:9-1011 votes
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Nehemiah 3:311 votes
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 12:3911 votes
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Nehemiah 13:1611 votes
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Psalms 8:810 votes
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Mark 1:1710 votes
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
What does the Bible say about fish?
Readers most often cite Matthew 13:47 on the subject of fish. Across 506 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Ezekiel 29:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.