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Torrey's—Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly

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 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 WORLDLY PLEASURE,

See WORLDLINESS