Continence: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at
Mat 5:27, 28 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I
Mat 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way
Rom 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and
1Co 7:1–9, 25–29, 36–38 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain
1Co 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have
Col 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual
1Ti 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in
1Ti 5:1, 2 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat
Rev 14:1, 4, 5 Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him