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; Jdj 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

Moses. — Heb 11:25.