Topic
Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
38 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 32:4Torrey Formed a part of idolatrous worship
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:6Torrey Formed a part of idolatrous worship
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
- Exodus 32:19Torrey Formed a part of idolatrous worship
¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
- Judges 16:23–25Torrey Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for…
- Job 1:5Torrey Are likely to lead to greater evil
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and…
- Job 21:12Torrey Are transitory
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- Job 21:13Torrey Are transitory
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- Job 21:14Torrey LEAD TO — Rejection of God
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Job 21:15Torrey LEAD TO — Rejection of God
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Proverbs 14:13Torrey Terminate in sorrow
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- Proverbs 21:17Torrey LEAD TO — Poverty
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1Torrey The wicked seek for happiness in
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:8 Torrey The wicked seek for happiness in
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Torrey Are all vanity
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 Torrey Wisdom of abstaining from
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 Torrey Wisdom of abstaining from
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A proof of folly
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Torrey Punishment of
- Isaiah 5:11 Torrey Denounced by God
- Isaiah 5:12 Torrey LEAD TO — Disregard of the judgments and works of God
- Isaiah 47:8 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- Amos 6:1–6 Torrey LEAD TO — Disregard of the judgments and works of God
- Matthew 14:6–8 Torrey Are likely to lead to greater evil
- Luke 8:14 Torrey Choke the word of God in the heart
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Torrey Formed a part of idolatrous worship
- Galatians 5:19 Torrey Belong to the works of the flesh
- Galatians 5:21 Torrey Belong to the works of the flesh
- Ephesians 4:17 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- Ephesians 4:19 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- 1 Timothy 5:6 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A proof of spiritual death
- 2 Timothy 3:4 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- Titus 3:3 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- Hebrews 11:25 Torrey Are transitory
- James 5:1 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — An abuse of riches
- James 5:5 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — An abuse of riches
- 1 Peter 4:3 Torrey INDULGENCE IN — A characteristic of the wicked
- 1 Peter 4:4 Torrey Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
- 2 Peter 2:13 Torrey Punishment of
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 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
- 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
- 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
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.