15 Bible Verses about Abstinence

Abstain from every appearance of evil.

who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.

but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Debar not one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have leisure for prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

Beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and sojourners, that you keep yourselves from fleshly desires, which war against the soul,

But, after long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them, and said: men, you ought to have been persuaded by me, and not to have put to sea from Crete; and you would have avoided this damage and loss.

For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.

For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon.

For John the Immerser came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak.

For which reason, if meat cause my brother to fall, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from lewdness; from which if you keep yourselves carefully, you will do well. Farewell.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;

and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness;