self-denial

10 subentries

• self-denial. See also fasting; self-control; self-torture
• capital is labor renouncing present in favor of future (69:5.1,4)
• historically
• custom to forgo physical pleasures, especially sexual pleasures (89:3.1)
• food saving was man’s first s.-d. (68:2.5)
• looked upon as sure coercive, especially sexual (87:6.16)
• men sought approval of their gods by (87:2.4) (89:3.5)
• Jesus did not teach (142:8.1)
• reaps subsequent harvests of augmented happiness (140:5.7)
• self-control better than extreme (89:3.7)
• vs. self-mastery (143:2.2-5)

Cross-references

• See also fasting
• See also self-control
• See also self-torture

Cited alongside

Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.

• fasting 10
• Jesus 796
• self-control 29
• capital 8
• faith 146
• hunger 13