Today's Bibliomancy for Kurt Vonnegut

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible:

king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

JOS 10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

JOS 10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

JOS 10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

JOS 10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible:

PSA 129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

PSA 129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

PSA 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

PSA 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

PSA 129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

PSA 129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible:

lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

PSA 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

PSA 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

PSA 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

PSA 40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say

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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible:

HOS 12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

HOS 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.

HOS 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

HOS 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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