- Created by God Ge 1:20,21; Ex 20:11
- Made for God's glory Job 12:8,9; Ps 69:34
- INHABIT
- Seas Nu 11:22; Eze 47:10
- Rivers Ex 7:18; Eze 29:5
- Ponds So 7:4; Isa 19:10
- Number and variety of Ps 104:25
- Different in flesh from beasts &c 1Co 15:39
- Cannot live without water Isa 50:2
- Man given dominion over Ge 1:26,28; Ps 8:8
- Man permitted to eat Ge 9:2,3
- USED AS FOOD
- By the Egyptians Nu 11:5
- By the Jews Mt 7:10
- Mode of cooking alluded to Lu 24:42; Joh 21:9
- The people of Tyre traded in Ne 13:16
- Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem 2Ch 33:14; Zep 1:10
- Distinction between clean and unclean Le 11:9-12; De 14:9,10
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Leviathan Job 41:1; Ps 74:14
- Whale Ge 1:21; Mt 12:40
- Solomon wrote the history of 1Ki 4:33
- No likeness of, to be made for worship Ex 20:4; De 4:18
- Catching of, a trade Mt 4:18; Lu 5:2
- TAKEN WITH
- Nets Lu 5:4-6; Joh 21:6-8
- Hooks Am 4:2; Mt 17:27
- Spears Job 41:7
- Often suffered for man's sin Ex 7:21; Eze 38:20
- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Multiplying a few Mt 14:17-21; 15:34
- Immense draughts of Lu 5:6,9; Joh 21:6,11
- Procuring tribute money from Mt 17:27
- Dressed on the shore Joh 21:9
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the whole population of Egypt Eze 29:4,5
- Of the visible church Mt 13:48
- Of men ignorant of future events Ec 9:12
- Of those ensnared by the wicked Hab 1:14
- (Good,) of saints Mt 13:48,49
- (Bad,) of mere professors Mt 13:48,49
The New Topical Text Book
Fishes
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.