Dictionaries :: Amusements and Worldly Pleasures

Nave's Topical Bible

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Belong to the Works of the Flesh

Gal 5:19, 21;

are transitory,

Job 21:12, 13; Hbr 11:25;

vain,

Ecc 2:11;

choke the word of God in the heart,

Luk 8:14;

formed a part of idolatrous worship,

Exd 32:4, 6, 19; with 1Cr 10:7; Jdg 16:23-25.

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Lead to Rejection of God

Job 21:14, 15;

poverty,

Pro 21:17;

disregard of the judgments and works of God,

Isa 5:12; Amo 6:1-6;

terminate in sorrow,

Pro 14:13;

lead to greater evil,

Job 1:5; Mat 14:6-8;

the wicked seek for happiness in,

Ecc 2:1, 8.

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Indulgence In

A proof of folly,

Ecc 7:4;

a characteristic of the wicked,

Isa 47:8; Eph 4:17, 19; 2Ti 3:4; Tts 3:3; 1Pe 4:3;

a proof of spiritual death,

1Ti 5:6;

an abuse of riches,

Jam 5:1, 5;

wisdom of abstaining from,

Ecc 7:2, 3;

shunned by the primitive saints,

1Pe 4:3.

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Abstinence From, Seems Strange to the Wicked

1Pe 4:4;

denounced by God,

Isa 5:11, 12;

exclude from the kingdom of God,

Gal 5:21;

punishment of,

Ecc 11:9; 2Pe 2:13;

renunciation of, exemplified by Moses,

Hbr 11:25.

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: References Concerning

See DANCING; GAMES; PLEASURE, WORLDLY; WORLDLINESS.