Today's Bibliomancy for Jon Stewart

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:

and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

NEH 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

NEH 5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

NEH 5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

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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:

the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

ACT 15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

ACT 15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

ACT 15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

ACT 15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.

ACT 15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

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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:

way.

PRO 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

PRO 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

PRO 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

PRO 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

PRO 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

PRO 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare

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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:

more than it was wont to be heated.

DAN 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

DAN 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

DAN 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

DAN 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell

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