Bible Verses About Self Control

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”

“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”

“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”

“In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.”

“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”

“I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.”

“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”

“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”

“And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;”

“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”

“Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.”

“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;”

“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”

“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.”

“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:”

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.”

“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”

“For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.”

“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”

“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?”

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”

“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.”

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”