From Nave’s Topical Bible
Belly
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 10Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Used figuratively for the seat of the affectionsJob 15:2Job 15:35Job 20:20Psalms 44:25Proverbs 18:20Proverbs 20:27Proverbs 20:30Habakkuk 3:16John 7:38Titus 1:12
The passages, in Bible order (10)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Job 15:2
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
Commentary on Job 15:22 voices
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge - Or rather, Should a wise man utter the science of wind? A science without solidity or certainty. And fill his belly with the east wind? - בטן beten, which we translate belly, is used to signify any part of the cavity of the body, whether the region of the thorax or abdomen; here it evidently refers to the lungs, and may include the cheeks and fauces.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Commentary on Job 15:351 voice
Ver. 35. They conceive woe, and bring forth iniquity, and their womb prepareth deceit. For he conceives 'woe,' when he devises wicked things; he 'brings forth iniquity,' when he has begun to fulfil what he has devised; by entertaining envy, he 'conceives woe;' by uttering slanders, he 'brings forth iniquity.' For it is grievous wickedness when he who is wicked strives to make others appear wicked, that he may himself thereby appear as holy, because he has shewn that others are not holy.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII, 604Patristic
- Job 20:20
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
Commentary on Job 20:202 voices
Ver. 19, 20. Because he hath broken down and laid bare the house of the poor, because he hath violently taken it away and not builded it, neither is he satisfied in his belly. 23. He 'breaks in pieces and lays bare the house of the poor,' who is not ashamed as well to rob out of avarice him whom he crushes by power. 'He violently taketh it away and doth not build it.' As if it were expressed in plain words; 'He that ought to have builded it, he over and above takes it away.'
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
He adds the proportionate punishment for this sin when he says, "His belly is not been satisfied," as if to say: Since he stripped the house of the poor (v.19) and did not allow himself to be satisfied with their goods. Therefore his appetite is …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Job, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 44:25
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Commentary on Psalms 44:252 voices
As to the third he says, "Because our soul is humbled in the dust." Some are humbled in soul, some in body, some inwardly in spirit. And therefore he says, "Our belly has cleaved to the earth." And he puts "belly" for the whole body. …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274Patristic
For our soul is bowed down to the dust,.... Which may signify great declension in spiritual things, much dejection of mind, and little exercise of grace, Psa 119:25; or a very low estate in temporals; subjection to their enemies; they setting their feet upon their necks, and obliging them to lick the dust of them: and even it may signify nearness to death itself; see Jos 10:24; our belly cleaveth to the earth; as persons that lie prostrate, being conquered and suppliants.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Commentary on Proverbs 18:202 voices
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The general sense is plain. A man must for good or evil take the consequence of his words, as well as his deeds. Compare the marginal reference.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
Commentary on Proverbs 20:272 voices
The lamp of the Lord is the spirit of man, etc. The illumination of the divine breath, when it has come into the mind of man, illuminating it to itself, shows it was bearing perverse thoughts before the coming of the Holy Spirit, and it …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 20:30
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
Commentary on Proverbs 20:302 voices
The sick are to be admonished to consider how great a boon is bodily affliction, which both washes away committed sins and restrains those which might have been committed, which inflicts on the troubled mind wounds of penitence derived from outward stripes. Whence it is written, "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil, and stripes in the secret parts of the belly." For the blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil, because the pain of scourges cleanses iniquities, whether meditated or perpetrated. But by the appellation of belly the mind is wont to be understood.
Gregory the Dialogist· The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, 604Patristic
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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.
Commentary on Habakkuk 3:162 voices
LXX: I kept watch, and my belly was afraid at the voice of my mouth's prayer: and trembling entered into my bones, and under me my strength was troubled. Or as it is found written elsewhere ἡ ἕξις μου, which we can say means my condition: for indeed various readings are found.
Jerome· Commentary on Habakkuk, 420Patristic
When I heard, my belly trembled,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- John 7:38
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
Commentary on John 7:382 voices
This … is not a trivial matter when we read that a river goes forth from the throne of God. For you read the words of the Evangelist John that speaks to this: "And he showed me a river of living water, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of the street and on either side was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of all nations."
Ambrose of Milan· On the Holy Spirit 3.20.153-156, 397Patristic
He that believeth on me,.... Which explains what is meant by coming to Christ, and drinking; for these acts are no other than for a man to go out of himself to Christ, and live by faith on him, and his grace.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Titus 1:12
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Commentary on Titus 1:121 voice
Yet, though a man use terms not in Scripture, it makes no difference so that his meaning be religious. But the heretic, though he use scriptural terms, yet, as being equally dangerous and depraved, shall be asked in the words of the Spirit, "Why dost thou preach My laws, and takest My covenant in thy mouth?"
Athanasius of Alexandria· COUNCILS OF ARIMINUM AND SELEUCIA 3.39, 373Patristic