Abstinence, Total From intoxicating beverages.
General references
Leviticus 10:10; Numbers 6:4; Judges 13:4; Judges 13:14; Esther 1:8; Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 23:32; Proverbs 31:4; Jeremiah 35:8; Jeremiah 35:14; Luke 1:15
Temperance
Instances of:
- Israelites in the wilderness
Deuteronomy 29:6
- Samson
Judges 16:17; Judges 13:5; Judges 13:14; Numbers 6:4
- Daniel
Daniel 1:8; Daniel 1:12
- Rechabites
Jeremiah 35:14
- John the Baptist
Matthew 11:18; Luke 1:15; Luke 7:33