Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5125 Parts of the body and clothing » 5185 stomach As well as the physical stomach, the term is used in association with God's judgment or in a figurative sense. Stomach as part of the physical body 1 Corinthians 6:13 See also Job 40:16; Songs 7:2; Daniel 2:32 Jonah in the stomach of a huge fish Matthew 12:40 See also Jonah 1:17-2:1 Ritual laws concerning the stomach Mark 7:18-19 pp Matthew 15:17 See also Leviticus 11:41-45 Afflictions of the stomach Luke 15:16 hunger; 1 Timothy 5:23 illness Fatal wounding in the stomach Judges 3:21; 2 Samuel 2:23; Samuel 3:27; Samuel 4:6; Samuel 20:10 The stomach and God's judgment Severe stomach pain Jeremiah 30:6-7 See also Numbers 5:20-22,27 Crawling on one's stomach as a sign of submission Genesis 3:14 Part of God's curse upon Satan. See also Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17 Hunger as a result of God's judgment Micah 6:14 See also Job 20:12-15,20-23; Proverbs 13:25; Isaiah 9:20; Ezekiel 7:19 An empty stomach as a warning The stomach and God's blessing In the OT a full stomach was one sign of God's blessing: Psalm 34:9-10; Psalm 37:19,25; Proverbs 10:3 Figurative uses of the stomach Stomach as a symbol of inner thoughts Ezekiel 3:3 See also Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 26:22; Revelation 10:9-10 Stomach as a symbol of worldliness Philippians 3:19 See also Romans 16:18 Stomach as something to be filled Proverbs 18:20 See also Job 15:2; Jeremiah 51:34 See also
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