TOPICAL BIBLE
Abstemiousness
13 references in this topic.
Proverbs 23:1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;Proverbs 23:2And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.Daniel 1:9Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.Daniel 1:10And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.Daniel 1:11Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:Daniel 1:12Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.Daniel 1:13Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king’s dainties; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.Daniel 1:14So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days.Daniel 1:15And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king’s dainties.Daniel 1:16So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.
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