Amusements And Worldly Pleasures
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- Belong to the works of the flesh Gal. 5:19,21
- Are transitory Job 21:12,13; Heb. 11:25
- Vain Eccl. 2:11
- Choke the word of God in the heart Luke 8:14
- Formed a part of idolatrous worship Exod. 32:4,6,19; with 1 Cor. 10:7; Judg. 16:23-25
- Lead to rejection of God Job 21:14,15
- Poverty Prov. 21:17
- Disregard of the judgments and works of God Isa. 5:12; Amos 6:1-6
- Terminate in sorrow Prov. 14:13
- Lead to greater evil Job 1:5; Matt. 14:6-8
- The wicked seek for happiness in Eccl. 2:1,8
- Indulgence in is
- A proof of folly Eccl. 7:4
- A characteristic of the wicked Isa. 47:8; Eph. 4:17,19; 2 Tim. 3:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Pet. 4:3
- A proof of spiritual death 1 Tim. 5:6
- An abuse of riches Jas. 5:1,5
- Wisdom of abstaining from Eccl. 7:2,3
- Shunned by the primitive saints 1 Pet. 4:3
- Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked 1 Pet. 4:4
- Denounced by God Isa. 5:11,12
- Exclude from the kingdom of God Gal. 5:21
- Punishment of Eccl. 11:9; 2 Pet. 2:13
- Renunciation of, exemplified by Moses Heb. 11:25
- See Dancing
- See Games
- See PLEASURE, WORLDLY
- See Worldliness
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.