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	Nave's—Amusements And Worldly

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; 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

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