- Belong to the works of the flesh Ga 5:19,21
- Are transitory Job 21:12,13; Heb 11:25
- Vain 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; with 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
- Lead to greater evil Job 1:5; Mt 14:6-8
- The wicked seek for happiness in Ec 2:1,8
- Indulgence in is 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 primitive saints 1Pe 4:3
- Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked 1Pe 4:4
- Denounced by God Isa 5:11,12
- Exclude from the kingdom of God Ga 5:21
- Punishment of Ec 11:9; 2Pe 2:13
- Renunciation of, exemplified by Moses Heb 11:25
- See DANCING
- See GAMES
- See PLEASURE, WORLDLY
- See WORLDLINESS
Nave’s Topical Bible
Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
Nave’s Topical Bible, Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.