Verse 17

‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth 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 destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • Col 2:21-22 : 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
  • 2 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And they brake down the image 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 ‹Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.›
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 ‹A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.›