Quotes about Abstinence

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.

Unless it is by mutual consent, for a specific prayer need and for a brief period of time, sexual abstinence can become a tool of Satan. It is never to be used as pretense for spiritual superiority or as a means of intimidating or manipulating one's spouse. Physical love is to be a normal and regular experience shared by both marriage partners alike, as a gift from God.

“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.

You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.