15 Bible Verses about Abstinence

Shun every form of evil.

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.

But we should write to them to abstain from food that has been polluted by being sacrificed to idols, from impurity, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from blood.

Do not deprive each other of what is due-unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer till you again live as man and wife-lest Satan should take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.

Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

It was then, when they had gone a long time without food, that Paul came forward, and said: "My friends, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and so incurred this injury and damage.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; he shall not drink any wine or strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth,

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, men said 'He has a demon in him';

For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying 'He has a demon in him';

The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.

That you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from impurity. If you guard yourselves against such things, it will be well with you. Farewell.'

For this is God's purpose--that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality;

knowledge by self-control, self-control by endurance, endurance by piety,