Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Appetites » The power of appetite
We remember the fish which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the cucumbers and melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Measure thine appetite:
"They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again."
All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.
In conclusion: it shall be even as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating, and when he awaketh his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth that he is drinking, and when he awaketh he yet is faint, and his soul hath appetite. So is the multitude of all people that muster themselves against the hill of Zion.
"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
Labor » Those that labor
He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, is a very fool.
He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, shall have poverty enough.
A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.
Power » Spiritual, general references to » Of appetite
We remember the fish which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the cucumbers and melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Measure thine appetite:
"They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again."
All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.
In conclusion: it shall be even as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating, and when he awaketh his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth that he is drinking, and when he awaketh he yet is faint, and his soul hath appetite. So is the multitude of all people that muster themselves against the hill of Zion.
"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."