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15 Bible Verses About Fishing

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  • Simon, Andrew, James and John were fishermen at work on the Sea of Galilee when Jesus called them, and he described their new work as catching men (Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:10).
  • In Luke 5 and John 21 the disciples fish all night and catch nothing, then let down the nets at Jesus’ word and take more fish than they can easily haul.
  • John 21:11 records 153 large fish and a net that did not tear.
  • Amos 4:2, Jeremiah 16:16 and Ezekiel 29:4 use hooks and fishers for God’s judgment, and Habakkuk 1:14-15 pictures the Chaldeans hauling in mankind with hook, net and dragnet.
  • Ezekiel 47:9-10 sees fishermen spreading nets beside a sea that the river from the temple has made fresh.

In the Bible, fishing is the trade of Jesus’ first disciples, and in the prophets it is a picture of people caught for judgment. Jesus calls Simon and Andrew while they are casting a net (Matthew 4:18-20), fills Simon’s nets on the lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5:4-7), and after his resurrection directs a catch of 153 fish (John 21:11). The prophets turn the same tools against people: Amos 4:2 speaks of fishhooks, Jeremiah 16:16 of fishers sent to catch a…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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