AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES

–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