FISHES

- 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 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