Today's Bibliomancy for Stephen Colbert

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:

JOH 1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

JOH 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

JOH 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

JOH 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

JOH 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

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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:

PRO 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

PRO 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

PRO 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

PRO 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

PRO 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

PRO 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence

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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:

disciples to the multitude.

MAT 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

MAT 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

MAT 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

MAT 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

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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:

what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

PRO 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

PRO 30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

PRO 30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

PRO 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

PRO 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

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