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 are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of sheol cried I, and you heard my voice.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the innocent.
Whose end is destruction, 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 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 the inner depths of the heart.
Blows of a wound cleanse away evil: as do stripes the inner depths of the heart.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of sheol cried I, and you heard my voice.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the innocent.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.