Bible verses about Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
(From 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; I 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; II Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; I Peter 4:3
- A proof of spiritual death
I Timothy 5:6
- An abuse of riches
James 5:1,5- Wisdom of abstaining from
Ecclesiastes 7:2,3- Shunned by the saints
I Peter 4:3- Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
I Peter 4:4- Denounced by God
Isaiah 5:11,12- Punishment of
Ecclesiastes 11:9; II Peter 2:13- Renunciation of, Exemplified