Bible Verses about Self-control
| Like a city that is broken into and without walls So is a person who has no self-control over his spirit. | Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. |
| For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. | For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. |
| Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. | For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. |
| One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
| But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. | By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. |
| You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. | You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. |
| No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. | No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. |
| So then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober. | So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
| A fool’s anger is known at once, But a prudent person conceals dishonor. | Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult. |
| A fool always loses his temper, But a wise person holds it back. | A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. |
| For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age. | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly. |
| But I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. | But I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified. |
| And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. | Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. | Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. |
| For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. | For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. |
| Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. | Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin? | I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin? |
| Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. | Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
| For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God. | For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication; that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor, not with lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God. |
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