Today's Bibliomancy for David Letterman

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:

mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

SA2 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

SA2 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

SA2 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

SA2 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

SA2 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

SA2 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and

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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:

Lord, I die daily.

CO1 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

CO1 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

CO1 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

CO1 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

CO1 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

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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:

LUK 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

LUK 16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

LUK 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

LUK 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

LUK 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

LUK 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and

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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:

with frost.

PSA 78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

PSA 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

PSA 78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

PSA 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

PSA 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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