Thematic Bible: Belly
Thematic Bible
Belly » Used figuratively for the seat of the affections
A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
He will be satisfied with the consequence of his words.
One of them [Epimenides, a Cretan], a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Verse Concepts
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
“They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,
And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”
“Because he knew no quietness or calm within him [because of his greed],
He does not retain anything he desires.
For our life has melted away into the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
The
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.
Blows that wound cleanse away evil,
And strokes reach to the innermost parts.
I heard and my whole inner self trembled;
My lips quivered at the sound.
Decay and rottenness enter my bones,
And I tremble in my place.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.
Related Topics
- Being Positive
- Body
- Bones
- Channels Of Truth
- Deception In Fallen Human Nature
- Excess
- Flowing Water
- Greed
- Harvest
- Healing Cancer
- Heart, Human
- Heredity
- Idleness
- Indigestion
- Individuals Trembling
- Intemperance
- Jesus Statements About The Spirit
- Justice, In Believers' Lives
- Lamps
- Legs
- Lips
- Living Water
- Lying, Examples Of
- Mammals
- Men Similar To Animals
- Mighty in its influence
- Mischief
- Motives, Importance Of
- Mouths
- Name Calling
- Nations Attacking Israel
- Natural Disasters
- People Rotting
- People Waiting
- Powers Of Speech
- Prophets Of Other Gods
- Purging
- River Of Life
- Rivers
- Rivers As Places Of Prayer
- Running Water From God
- Scripture Says
- Searching
- Sloth Examples Of
- Sluggards
- Sound
- Spirits
- Stomachs
- Storing
- The East Wind
- The Effects Of Faith
- The Inner Man
- The Inward Being
- The Soul
- The Spirit Of Man
- The Water Of Life
- The scriptures
- Thirst
- Those Who Are Liars
- Too Many Words
- Treasure
- Union With Christ, Nature Of
- Vulgarity
- Waiting
- Water, As A Symbol Of Salvation
- Work Ethic
- Wounds
- Breath
- Conscience
- East
- Exploring
- Motives
- Personality
- Relaxation
- Scars
- Soul
- Spanking