Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

General references

Bible References

Except

Exodus 19:15
He said to the people, “Be prepared for the third day; do not be intimate with a woman.”
1 Samuel 21:4
The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Joel 2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber. [No one is excused from the assembly.]
Zechariah 7:3
speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”
Zechariah 12:12
The land will mourn, every family by itself; the [royal] family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan [David’s son] by itself and their wives by themselves;

That satan

Matthew 19:11
But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could no longer endure the suspense, I sent someone to find out about your faith [how you were holding up under pressure], for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our work [among you] would prove to be ineffective.

General references

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]
And fresh running water from your own well.
2 Corinthians 2:11
to keep Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.