Today's Bibliomancy for Monica Potter

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:

son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

PRO 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

PRO 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

PRO 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

PRO 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

PRO 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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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:

that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

GEN 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

GEN 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

GEN 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

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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:

his men gat them up unto the hold.

SA1 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

SA1 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

SA1 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

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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:

ACT 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

ACT 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

ACT 23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

ACT 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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