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:

JOB 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

JOB 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

JOB 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

JOB 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

JOB 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

JOB 22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting

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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:

which is not in us?

JOB 15:10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

JOB 15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

JOB 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

JOB 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

JOB 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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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:

the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

JER 20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

JER 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

JER 20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

JER 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

JER 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour 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:

Son of man should be glorified.

JOH 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

JOH 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

JOH 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

JOH 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

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