Worldly Amusements and Pleasures
30 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- Abstinence From, Seems Strange to the Wicked
- Belong to the Works of the Flesh
- Choke the Word of God in the Heart
- Denounced by God
- Formed a Part of Idolatrous Worship
- Indulgence in a Characteristic of the Wicked
- Indulgence in a Proof of Folly
- Indulgence in a Proof of Spiritual Death
- Indulgence in an Abuse of Riches
- Lead to Disregard of the Judgments and Works of God
- Lead to Poverty
- Lead to Rejection of God
- Punishment of
- Renunciation of Moses
- Shunned by the Saints
- Terminate in Sorrow
- The Wicked Seek for Happiness In
- Wisdom of Abstaining From
Abstinence From, Seems Strange to the Wicked
- 1 Peter 4:4 Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.
Belong to the Works of the Flesh
- Galatians 5:19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Choke the Word of God in the Heart
- Luke 8:14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Denounced by God
- Isaiah 5:11–12 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. …
Formed a Part of Idolatrous Worship
- Exodus 32:4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 32:6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
- Exodus 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
- Judges 16:23–25 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.” …
Indulgence in a Characteristic of the Wicked
- Isaiah 47:8 So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Ephesians 4:19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
- 2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Indulgence in a Proof of Folly
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Indulgence in a Proof of Spiritual Death
- 1 Timothy 5:6 But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
Indulgence in an Abuse of Riches
Lead to Disregard of the Judgments and Works of God
- Isaiah 5:12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Amos 6:1–6 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. …
Lead to Poverty
- Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Lead to Rejection of God
- Job 21:14–15 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. …
Punishment of
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- 2 Peter 2:13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
Renunciation of Moses
- Hebrews 11:25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Shunned by the Saints
- 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Terminate in Sorrow
- Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
The Wicked Seek for Happiness In
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men — many concubines.
Wisdom of Abstaining From
- Ecclesiastes 7:2–3 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.