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:

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NUM 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

NUM 6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

NUM 6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

NUM 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

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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 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.

PRO 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool

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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:

PSA 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

PSA 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

PSA 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

PSA 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

PSA 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

PSA 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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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:

CH2 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

CH2 32:14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

CH2 32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

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