The word in Scripture

Net in the Bible

The word net appears 39 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A net gathers what the fisher seeks. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What net means in the Bible

A net gathers what the fisher seeks.

Where the word net appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word net appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.”Psalms 9:15

“Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.”Psalms 35:8

“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”Proverbs 1:17

“The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.”Proverbs 12:12

“Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.”Isaiah 51:20

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:”Matthew 13:47

“And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.”Luke 5:6

“Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.”John 21:11