Abstinence, Total

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Bible verses about “Abstinence, Total”

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• Leviticus 10:8And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
• Leviticus 10:9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
• Leviticus 10:10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
• Numbers 6:3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
• Numbers 6:4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
• Judges 13:4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
• Judges 13:13And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
• Judges 13:14She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
• Esther 1:8And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
• Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
• Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
• Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
• Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
• Jeremiah 35:6But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
• Jeremiah 35:7Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
• Jeremiah 35:8Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
• Jeremiah 35:14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
• Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
• Deuteronomy 29:6Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
• Judges 16:17That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
• Judges 13:3And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
• Judges 13:5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
• Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
• Daniel 1:12Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
• Jeremiah 35:9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
• Jeremiah 35:10But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• Jeremiah 35:11But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 35:12Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
• Jeremiah 35:13Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.
• Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.