Reference: Belly
Easton
the seat of the carnal affections (Tit 1:12; Php 3:19; Ro 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Pr 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld (Jon 2:2).
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A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.
A person's breath is the lamp of the Lord, searching the innermost parts.
For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,
One of their very own prophets said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.).
Watsons
BELLY is used in Scripture for gluttony, Tit 1:12; Philipians 3:16; Ro 16:18. For the heart, or the secrets of the mind, Pr 20:27,30; 22:18. The "belly of hell" signifies the grave, or some imminent danger, or deep distress, Jon 2:2; Ecclus. 2:5.
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A person's breath is the lamp of the Lord, searching the innermost parts.
Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.
For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
One of their very own prophets said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.).