Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fish' occurs 45 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fish' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

 29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

 29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.




Ezek. 47:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:17-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 13 41
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 1 1 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 1 1 2
Ezek. 6 2 8
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 4 0 4
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 1 2
NT 8 26 34
BM 3 0 3
DC 3 2 5
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 45 42 87

Ezek. 29:4
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

Ezek. 29:5
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

Ezek. 38:20
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

Ezek. 47:9
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

Ezek. 47:10
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.