Bible Concordances
Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Belong to the works of the flesh
  Galatians 5:19,21

• Are transitory
  Job 21:12,13; Hebrews 11:25

• Are all vanity
  Ecclesiastes 2:11

• Choke the word of God in the heart
  Luke 8:14

• Formed a part of idolatrous worship
  Exodus 32:4,6,19; 1 Corinthians 10:7; Judges 16:23-25

• LEAD TO
  • Rejection of God
    Job 21:14,15
  • Poverty
    Proverbs 21:17
  • Disregard of the judgments and works of God
    Isaiah 5:12; Amos 6:1-6

• Terminate in sorrow
  Proverbs 14:13

• Are likely to lead to greater evil
  Job 1:5; Matthew 14:6-8

• The wicked seek for happiness in
  Ecclesiastes 2:1,8

• INDULGENCE IN
  • A proof of folly
    Ecclesiastes 7:4
  • A characteristic of the wicked
    Isaiah 47:8; Ephesians 4:17,19; 2 Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 4:3
  • A proof of spiritual death
    1 Timothy 5:6
  • An abuse of riches
    James 5:1,5

• Wisdom of abstaining from
  Ecclesiastes 7:2,3

• Shunned by the saints
  1 Peter 4:3

• Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
  1 Peter 4:4

• Denounced by God
  Isaiah 5:11,12

• Punishment of
  Ecclesiastes 11:9; 2 Peter 2:13

• Renunciation of, Exemplified
  • Moses
    Hebrews 11:25