Abstinence, Total

From intoxicating beverages.

General references

Lev 10:8-10; Num 6:3-4; Jdg 13:4; Jdg 13:13-14; Est 1:8; Pro 23:20; Pro 23:31-32; Pro 31:4; Jer 35:6-8; Jer 35:14; Luk 1:15 Temperance

Instances of:

– Israelites in the wilderness

Deu 29:6

– Samson

Jdg 16:17; Jdg 13:3-5; Jdg 13:13-14; Num 6:3-4

– Daniel

Dan 1:8; Dan 1:12

– Rechabites

Jer 35:6-14

– John the Baptist

Mat 11:18; Luk 1:15; Luk 7:33