Verse 17

Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
  • Col 2:21-22 : 21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch 22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
  • 2 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
  • Matt 7:19-20 : 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil [man] out of the evil [treasure] bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.