Bible Verses About Fishing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fishing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 17,235 votes, led by Matthew 4:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fishing
Matthew 4:19459 votes
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 13:47443 votes
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
John 21:3431 votes
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
Genesis 1:28370 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.
Luke 5:6366 votes
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luke 5:4-6321 votes
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luke 5:5275 votes
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Ezekiel 47:10256 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.
Ezekiel 47:9-10248 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.
Jeremiah 16:16246 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.
Matthew 17:27244 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.
Matthew 17:24-27243 votes
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
Luke 5:4236 votes
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Mark 1:16-20235 votes
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
1 Corinthians 15:39229 votes
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Genesis 9:2220 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.
Ezekiel 26:14220 votes
And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 47:9217 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 21:10212 votes
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
Matthew 4:18210 votes
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mark 1:17208 votes
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Luke 1:37202 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 5:1-39202 votes
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Job 41:7201 votes
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Matthew 12:40197 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.
What does the Bible say about fishing?
Readers most often cite Matthew 4:19 on the subject of fishing. Across 17,235 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 13:47, John 21:3, Genesis 1:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.