11 Bible Verses about Absence Of Sex

And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.

Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.