- 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