New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly

• Belong to the works of the flesh Gal. 5:19, 21
• Are transitory Job 21:12, 13; Heb. 11:25
• Are all vanity Eccl. 2:11
• Choke the word of God in the heart Lk. 8:14
• Formed a part of idolatrous worship Ex. 32:4, 6, 19; 1 Cor. 10:7; Judg. 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; Amos 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 Eccl. 2:1, 8
• Indulgence in
  • A proof of folly Eccl. 7:4
  • A characteristic of the wicked Isa. 47:8; Eph. 4:17, 19; 2 Tim. 3:4; Tit. 3:3; 1 Pet. 4:3
  • A proof of spiritual death 1 Tim. 5:6
  • An abuse of riches Jas. 5:1, 5
• Wisdom of abstaining from Eccl. 7:2, 3
• Shunned by the saints 1 Pet. 4:3
• Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked 1 Pet. 4:4
• Denounced by God Isa. 5:11, 12
• Punishment of Eccl. 11:9; 2 Pet. 2:13
• Renunciation of, Exemplified
  • Moses Heb. 11:25