Topic
Fishes
56 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 1:20Torrey Created by God
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Genesis 1:21Torrey Created by God
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26Torrey Man given dominion over
¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Genesis 1:28Torrey Man given dominion over
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 9:2Torrey Man permitted to eat
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
- Genesis 9:3Torrey Man permitted to eat
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Exodus 7:18Torrey INHABIT — Rivers
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
- Exodus 7:21Torrey TAKEN WITH — Often suffered for man's sin
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 20:4Torrey No likeness of, to be made for worship
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exodus 20:11Torrey Created by God
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Leviticus 11:9–12Torrey Distinction between clean and unclean
¶ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and…
- Numbers 11:5Torrey USED AS FOOD — By the Egyptians
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
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- Numbers 11:22 Torrey INHABIT — Seas
- Deuteronomy 4:18 Torrey No likeness of, to be made for worship
- Deuteronomy 14:9 Torrey Distinction between clean and unclean
- Deuteronomy 14:10 Torrey Distinction between clean and unclean
- 1 Kings 4:33 Torrey Solomon wrote the history of
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 Torrey Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem
- Nehemiah 13:16 Torrey The people of Tyre traded in
- Job 12:8 Torrey Made for God's glory
- Job 12:9 Torrey Made for God's glory
- Job 41:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Leviathan
- Job 41:7 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Spears
- Psalms 8:8 Torrey Man given dominion over
- Psalms 69:34 Torrey Made for God's glory
- Psalms 74:14 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Leviathan
- Psalms 104:25 Torrey Number and variety of
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of men ignorant of future events
- Song of Songs 7:4 Torrey INHABIT — Ponds
- Isaiah 19:10 Torrey INHABIT — Ponds
- Isaiah 50:2 Torrey Cannot live without water
- Ezekiel 29:4 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the whole population of Egypt
- Ezekiel 29:5 Torrey INHABIT — Rivers
- Ezekiel 38:20 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Often suffered for man's sin
- Ezekiel 47:10 Torrey INHABIT — Seas
- Amos 4:2 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Hooks
- Habakkuk 1:14 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of those ensnared by the wicked
- Zephaniah 1:10 Torrey Sold near the fish gate at Jerusalem
- Matthew 4:18 Torrey Catching of, a trade
- Matthew 7:10 Torrey USED AS FOOD — By the Jews
- Matthew 12:40 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Whale
- Matthew 13:48 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the visible church
- Matthew 13:49 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Good,) of saints
- Matthew 14:17–21 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Multiplying a few
- Matthew 15:34 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Multiplying a few
- Matthew 17:27 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Hooks
- Luke 5:2 Torrey Catching of, a trade
- Luke 5:4–6 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Nets
- Luke 5:6 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Immense draughts of
- Luke 5:9 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Immense draughts of
- Luke 24:42 Torrey Mode of cooking alluded to
- John 21:6–8 Torrey TAKEN WITH — Nets
- John 21:6 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Immense draughts of
- John 21:9 Torrey Mode of cooking alluded to
- John 21:11 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Immense draughts of
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 Torrey Different in flesh from beasts &c
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 63 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Created by God Ge 1:20,21; Ex 20:11
- Made for God's glory Job 12:8,9; Ps 69:34
- INHABIT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- ILLUSTRATIVE
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.