Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Belly » Used figuratively for the seat of the affections
A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."