Exodus 19:15

15And he said to the people, “Be ready for the athird day; bdo not go near a woman.”

1 Samuel 21:4-5

4And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is choly breaddif the young men have kept themselves from women.” 5And David answered the priest, “Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?”

Song of Solomon 2:6-7

6His eleft hand is under my head,
and his right hand fembraces me!
7I gadjure you,
That is,  I put you on oath; so throughout the Song
O idaughters of Jerusalem,
by jthe gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.

Joel 2:16

16gather the people.
kConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
lgather the children,
even nursing infants.
mLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

1 Corinthians 7:5

5 nDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, oso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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