Fishes

Created by God Genesis 1:20,21; Exodus 20:11
Made for God's glory Job 12:8,9; Psalm 69:34
INHABIT
- Seas Numbers 11:22; Ezekiel 47:10
- Rivers Exodus 7:18; Ezekiel 29:5
- Ponds Song of Solomon 7:4; Isaiah 19:10
Number and variety of Psalm 104:25
Different in flesh from beasts &c 1 Corinthians 15:39
Cannot live without water Isaiah 50:2
Man given dominion over Genesis 1:26,28; Psalm 8:8
Man permitted to eat Genesis 9:2,3
USED AS FOOD
- By the Egyptians Numbers 11:5
- By the Jews Matthew 7:10
Mode of cooking alluded to Luke 24:42; John 21:9
The people of Tyre traded in Nehemiah 13:16
Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 33:14; Zephaniah 1:10
Distinction between clean and unclean Leviticus 11:9-12; Deuteronomy 14:9,10
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Leviathan Job 41:1; Psalm 74:14
- Whale Genesis 1:21; Matthew 12:40
Solomon wrote the history of 1 Kings 4:33
No likeness of, to be made for worship Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 4:18
Catching of, a trade Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:2
TAKEN WITH
- Nets Luke 5:4-6; John 21:6-8
- Hooks Amos 4:2; Matthew 17:27
- Spears Job 41:7
- Often suffered for man's sin Exodus 7:21; Ezekiel 38:20
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Multiplying a few Matthew 14:17-21; 15:34
- Immense draughts of Luke 5:6,9; John 21:6,11
- Procuring tribute money from Matthew 17:27
- Dressed on the shore John 21:9
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the whole population of Egypt Ezekiel 29:4,5
- Of the visible church Matthew 13:48
- Of men ignorant of future events Ecclesiastes 9:12
- Of those ensnared by the wicked Habakkuk 1:14
- (Good,) of saints Matthew 13:48,49
- (Bad,) of mere professors Matthew 13:48,49

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