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56 verses contain “belly” (in the KJV: 56, in the BSB: 19) — showing 1–56
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
When 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.
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.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
They shall smite one upon another, and they shall smite down a great multitude of stars upon the earth, even their own star; and blood shall be from the sword unto the belly,
As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, so is a word within a fool’s belly.
Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind.
Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.
Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
From the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words.