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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The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
saying, "I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, 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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The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
saying, "I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."