Bible Verses About Fish

God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open dome of the sky.”

God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that creeps, so that the water swarmed with all kinds of them, and there was every kind of winged bird; and God saw that it was good.

Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, multiply and fill the water of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

The fear and dread of you will be upon every wild animal, every bird in the air, every creature populating the ground, and all the fish in the sea; they have been handed over to you.

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you; just as I gave you green plants before, so now I give you everything —

"'Of all the things that live in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in seas or in rivers -these you may eat.

But everything in the seas and rivers without both fins and scales, of all the small water-creatures and of all the living creatures in the water, is a detestable thing for you.

Yes, these will be detestable for you -you are not to eat their meat, and you are to detest their carcasses.

Whatever lacks fins and scales in the water is a detestable thing for you.

"Of all that lives in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, these you may eat.

But whatever lacks fins and scales you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

When this happens, swarms of all kinds of living creatures will be able to live in it wherever the streams flow; so that there will be a vast number of fish; for this water is flowing there, so that, wherever the river goes, everything will be restored and able to live.

Then fishermen will stand on its shores spreading their nets all the way from 'Ein-Gedi to 'Ein-'Eglayim. There will be as many kinds of fish there as in the Great Sea, [the Mediterranean,] a great variety.

When they stepped ashore, they saw a fire of burning coals with a fish on it, and some bread.

Yeshua said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

Shim‘on Kefa went up and dragged the net ashore. It was full of fish, 153 of them; but even with so many, the net wasn’t torn.

Yeshua said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the talmidim dared to ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.

Yeshua came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.