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 talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The spirit of man is the fire of the LORD, which searches the secrets of the inward parts.
For it is a delightful thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall be ordered together in thy lips.
and said, I cried by reason of my tribulation unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.
For they that are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly and by smooth words and blessings deceive the hearts of the simple.
whose end shall be perdition, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.
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 fire of the LORD, which searches the secrets of the inward parts.
The scars of past wounds are medicine for evil, and living reproof reaches the most secret places in the inward parts.
For it is a delightful thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall be ordered together in thy lips.
and said, I cried by reason of my tribulation unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.
For they that are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly and by smooth words and blessings deceive the hearts of the simple.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.