The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Self Control

  • He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
  • But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
  • And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
  • But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And ...
  • Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
  • Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But ...
  • Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
  • A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
  • I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your ...
  • Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
  • He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  • Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
  • For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.