Nave’s Topical Bible
Belly
8 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Used figuratively for the seat of the affections
Job 15:2,35; Job 20:20; Psalms 44:25; Proverbs 18:20; Proverbs 20:27,30; Habakkuk 3:16; John 7:38; Titus 1:12
Bible verses about “Belly”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
- Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- Job 20:20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
- Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- Proverbs 18:20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
- Proverbs 20:27The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- Proverbs 20:30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
- Habakkuk 3:16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
- John 7:38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Titus 1:12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.