Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
Belong to the works of the flesh - Ga 5:19,21
Are transitory - Job 21:12,13; Heb 11:25
Are all vanity - Ec 2:11
Choke the word of God in the heart - Lu 8:14
Formed a part of idolatrous worship - Ex 32:4,6,19; 1Co 10:7; Jud 16:23-25
LEAD TO
- Rejection of God
- Job 21:14,15 - Poverty
- Pr 21:17 - Disregard of the judgments and works of God
- Isa 5:12; Am 6:1-6
Terminate in sorrow - Pr 14:13
Are likely to lead to greater evil - Job 1:5; Mt 14:6-8
The wicked seek for happiness in - Ec 2:1,8
INDULGENCE IN
- A proof of folly
- Ec 7:4 - A characteristic of the wicked
- Isa 47:8; Eph 4:17,19; 2Ti 3:4; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 4:3 - A proof of spiritual death
- 1Ti 5:6 - An abuse of riches
- Jas 5:1,5
Wisdom of abstaining from - Ec 7:2,3
Shunned by the saints - 1Pe 4:3
Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked - 1Pe 4:4
Denounced by God - Isa 5:11,12
Punishment of - Ec 11:9; 2Pe 2:13
Renunciation of, Exemplified