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 tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardst 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 simple.
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 Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow 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 candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardst 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 simple.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.