Created by God. Gen. 1:20, 21. Ex. 20:11.
Made for God's glory. Job 12:8, 9. Psa. 69:34.
INHABIT
Seas. Num. 11:22. Ezek. 47:10.
Rivers. Ex. 7:18. Ezek. 29:5.
Ponds. SoS. 7:4. Isa. 19:10.
Number and variety of. Psa. 104:25.
Different in flesh from beasts, &c. 1 Cor. 15:39.
Cannot live without water. Isa. 50:2.
Man given dominion over. Gen. 1:26, 28. Psa. 8:8.
Man permitted to eat. Gen. 9:2, 3.
USED AS FOOD
By the Egyptians. Num. 11:5. By the Jews. Matt. 7:10.
Mode of cooking alluded to. Luke 24:42. John 21:9.
The Tyrians traded in. Neh. 13:16.
Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem. 2 Chr. 33:14. Zeph. 1:10.
Distinction between clean, and unclean. Lev. 11:9-12. Deut. 14:9, 10.
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Leviathan. Job 41:1. Psa. 14:14.
Whale. Gen. 1:21. Matt. 12:40.
Solomon wrote the history of. 1 Kin. 4:33.
No likeness of, to be made for worship. Exo. 20:4. Deut. 4:18.
Catching of, a trade. Matt. 4:18. Luke 5:2.
TAKEN WITH
Nets. Luke 5:4-6. John 21:6-8.
Hooks. Amos 4:2. Matt. 17:27.
Spears. Job 41:7.
Often suffered for man's sin. Ex. 7:21. Ezek. 38:20.
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
Multiplying a few. Matt. 14:17-21. Matt. 15:34.
Immense drafts of. Luke 5:6, 9. John 21:6, 11.
Procuring tribute money from. Mat. 17:27.
Dressed on the shore. John 21:9.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the whole population of Egypt. Eze. 29:45.
Of the visible church. Matt. 13:48.
Of men ignorant of future events. Ecc. 9:12.
Of those ensnared by the wicked. Hab. 1:14.
(Good) of saints. Matt. 13:48, 49.
(Bad) of mere professors. Mat. 13:48, 49.