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Amusements and worldly pleasures
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Belong to the works of the flesh Galatians 5:19Galatians 5:21
- Are transitory Job 21:12Job 21:13Hebrews 11:25
- Vain Ecclesiastes 2:11
- Choke the word of God in the heart Luke 8:14
- Formed a part of idolatrous worship EXO 32:4,6,19; with 1 Corinthians 10:7Judges 16:23–25
- Lead to rejection of God Job 21:14Job 21:15
- Poverty Proverbs 21:17
- Disregard of the judgments and works of God Isaiah 5:12Amos 6:1–6
- Terminate in sorrow Proverbs 14:13
- Lead to greater evil Job 1:5Matthew 14:6–8
- The wicked seek for happiness in Ecclesiastes 2:1Ecclesiastes 2:8
- Indulgence in is
- A proof of folly Ecclesiastes 7:4
- A characteristic of the wicked Isaiah 47:8Ephesians 4:17Ephesians 4:192 Timothy 3:4Titus 3:31 Peter 4:3
- A proof of spiritual death 1 Timothy 5:6
- An abuse of riches James 5:1James 5:5
- Wisdom of abstaining from Ecclesiastes 7:2Ecclesiastes 7:3
- Shunned by the primitive saints 1 Peter 4:3
- Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked 1 Peter 4:4
- Denounced by God Isaiah 5:11Isaiah 5:12
- Exclude from the kingdom of God Galatians 5:21
- Punishment of Ecclesiastes 11:92 Peter 2:13
- Renunciation of, exemplified by Moses Hebrews 11:25
- See Dancing
- See Games
- See PLEASURE, WORLDLY
- See Worldliness