14 Bible Verses about Abstinence

and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

When they had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and spared yourselves this hardship and loss by refusing to set sail from Crete.

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth;

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.

Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!

abstain from food that has been offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual vice. Keep clear of all this and you will prosper. Goodbye."

It is God's will that you should be consecrated, that you abstain from sexual vice,

intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,