Is Gambling a Sin
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1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Whether Drunkenness is a Mortal Sin?
... xli, xlii): "A bishop, priest or deacon who is given to drunkenness or gambling,
or incites others thereto, must either ... Therefore drunkenness is a mortal sin. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether drunkenness is a mortal.htm

Gambling, Card-Playing
... Gambling is dishonest. It seeks something for nothing. Man possesses no money,
that he might risk giving it to some rogue to waste in sin. ...
/.../questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/iii gambling card-playing.htm

The Holy Spirit Convicting the World of Sin, of Righteousness and ...
... to go down to Cottage Grove Avenue to meet some men and spend the afternoon gambling. ...
I saw one man testifying whom I had known in a life of sin, and I waited ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter vii the holy spirit.htm

The Swelling of Jordan
... of his class, and who had recently buried his wife, sat at the gambling table, staked ...
a man of culture and training would go down under such a sin, God pity ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/the swelling of jordan.htm

He that Doubteth is Damned if He Eat, Because He Eateth not of ...
... And if they persist in doing it, they sin, and are on the way to hell. ... 4. The same
remarks will apply to all sorts of lottery gambling. He doubts. ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/he that doubteth is damned.htm

Practical Observations.
... the Church in its unity, to be kept whole and unparted; the gambling soldiers are ...
4. Christ crucified shows (1) the evil of sin; (1) the greatness of our danger ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/practical observations 35.htm

'Into Thy Hands'
... God has never promised to rescue man when he has got into trouble by his own sin.
Suppose a servant had embezzled his master's money through gambling, and then ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/into thy hands.htm

Seventh Commandment
... Young men by hundreds are being utterly ruined by this accursed sin. ... If he had failed
to pay his gambling debts or was detected cheating at cards, he would ...
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Drunkenness.
... thing about it is, that the first embracing of any sin seems to ... of his father's estate,
practicing his early-learned habits of drinking, gambling, and loafing. ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/ii drunkenness.htm

Ignorance of the Seed Makes no Difference.
... Whatever the sin is, make up your mind that you will gain the victory over it ... They
clothed you and educated you, and now do you spend your nights in gambling? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter vi ignorance of the.htm

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