Quotes about Fishermen
Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
- Isaiah 19:8
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
- Ezekiel 47:10
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Matthew 4:18
When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
- Matthew 13:48
He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
- Luke 5:2
He was the first to see that Christ's ministers must do the work of fishermen. They must not wait for souls to come to them, but must go after souls, and "compel them to come in.
- JC Ryle
Christ's fishermen should not meddle with men's law, for men' s law contains sharp stones and trees by which the net of God is broken, and the fish wend out of the world.
- John Wycliffe
Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.
- Jim Cymbala
The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.
- Girolamo Savonarola