Bible Verses about

Keeping Self-control


1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Titus 1:8

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1 Timothy 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

2 Peter 1:6

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

2 Timothy 4:5

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Galatians 5:23

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Proverbs 25:28

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.