Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'belly' occurs 53 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'belly' in the standard works and contain 26.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Jonah 1:17-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 89:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 11 0 11
Matt. 2 0 2
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 1 0 1
John 1 0 1
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 0 2
Philip. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 0 0 0
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 53 0 53

Matt. 12:40
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.

Matt. 15:17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Mark 7:19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Luke 15:16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Rom. 16:18
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.

1 Cor. 6:13
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.

Philip. 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Rev. 10:9
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.

Rev. 10:10
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.