Belong to the works of the flesh
Galatians 5:19,21
Are transitory
Job 21:12,13; Hebrews 11:25
Vain
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; 1 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
Lead to greater evil
Job 1:5; Matthew 14:6-8
The wicked seek for happiness in it.
Ecclesiastes 2:1,8
Indulgence
A proof of folly
Ecclesiastes 7:4
A characteristic of the wicked
Isaiah 47:8; Ephesians 4:17,19; 2 Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 4:3
A proof of spiritual death
1 Timothy 5:6
An abuse of riches
James 5:1,5
Wisdom of abstaining
Ecclesiastes 7:2,3
Shunned by the primitive saints
1 Peter 4:3
Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
1 Peter 4:4
Denounced by God
Isaiah 5:11,12
Exclude from the kingdom of God
Galatians 5:21
Punishment
Ecclesiastes 11:9; 2 Peter 2:13
Renunciation of, exemplified by Moses
Hebrews 11:25
