Used figuratively for the seat of the affections
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? (Job 15:2)
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. (Job 15:35)
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. (Job 20:20)
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. (Psalm 44:25)
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. (Proverbs 18:20)
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:27)
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:30)
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. (Habakkuk 3:16)
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38)
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (Titus 1:12)