Leviticus 7:22-27; 11:1-47

Israel's abstinence from certain sorts of meat

Deuteronomy 14:1-21
Acts 10:9-14

God used the food laws to teach Peter a spiritual lesson.

Exodus 19:14-15

Israel's abstinence from other things

Leviticus 16:29-31
Numbers 6:1-4

See also

Exodus 31:16-17
Numbers 29:7
Judges 13:4
1 Samuel 21:4
1 Samuel 7:5-6

Abstinence from food

Ezra 10:6

As an expression of repentance

See also

2 Samuel 1:11-12
Nehemiah 1:3-4
Joel 2:12
Jonah 3:5
Acts 13:1-2

See also

Expressing a seeking after God

Matthew 4:1-2
Matthew 9:14-15

pp Lk 4:1-2

Luke 2:36-37

pp Mk 2:18-20

Acts 9:9; 14:23

pp Lk 5:33-35

Romans 14:6
Exodus 19:15

Temporary sexual abstinence as a form of discipline

1 Samuel 21:4-5
1 Corinthians 7:5
Matthew 16:24

Denial of selfish desires

1 Peter 2:11

pp Mk 8:34

See also

pp Lk 9:23

Romans 13:13
1 Corinthians 8:13

Voluntary abstinence for the sake of others

See also

Acts 15:19-20,29; 21:25
Romans 14:21
1 Corinthians 9:12,19-27; 10:15-31
Matthew 6:16

Abstinence may be hypocritical

See also

Isaiah 58:3-7
Jeremiah 14:10-12
Zechariah 7:2-6
Luke 18:11-12
1 Timothy 4:2-5

See also

4438 eating
4544 wine
5794 asceticism
5850 excess
6732 repentance
7340 clean and unclean
8205 childlikeness
8339 self-control
8429 fasting
8451 mortification
8475 self-denial
8737 evil, responses to