Bible Verses About Controlling Our Emotions
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for controlling our emotions, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,477 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Controlling Our Emotions
1 Corinthians 10:13686 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Proverbs 16:32615 votes
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Galatians 5:16-24558 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:22-23448 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
2 Peter 1:5-9382 votes
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Philippians 4:13240 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ephesians 4:26-27223 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 6:11-17216 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Proverbs 25:28210 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs 12:16196 votes
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Ephesians 4:1-32185 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
1 John 2:16153 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20152 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 8:28150 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13129 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Luke 6:45123 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Galatians 5:17122 votes
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Joshua 1:9116 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Proverbs 3:5-6101 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
James 1:19-2093 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Romans 8:1-3988 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Proverbs 29:1181 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Colossians 3:1570 votes
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Ephesians 5:1865 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 4:2360 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
What does the Bible say about controlling our emotions?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of controlling our emotions. Across 7,477 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:32, Galatians 5:16-24, Galatians 5:22-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.