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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Job 15:2, 35

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? / They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Job 20:20

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Psalm 44:25

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Proverbs 18:20

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Proverbs 20:27, 30

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being. / Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Habakkuk 3:16

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections John 7:38

Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

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Belly used Figuratively for the Seat of the Affections Titus 1:12

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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