Top 30 Bible Verses about Fishing

Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea…

And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish.

Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the LORD, and they shall catch them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

For man does not know his time; like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.

The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast a hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets upon the waters.

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

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing.

And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

There is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters.

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was there no answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

But as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger.

Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.

But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

Fishing is like sex; it’s a pleasure that is never the same.

The catch is just a bonus; the fishing is everything.

The sea is the universal dessert.