Bible Verses About Self-control
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for self-control, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 31,910 votes, led by Proverbs 25:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Self-control
Proverbs 25:282,893 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
1 Corinthians 10:131,780 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.
Galatians 5:22-231,515 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
2 Timothy 1:71,368 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Peter 1:5-71,126 votes
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Proverbs 16:321,076 votes
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
1 Corinthians 9:27981 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27973 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Peter 4:7808 votes
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Titus 1:8656 votes
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus 2:11-14534 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
1 Peter 5:8516 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Corinthians 9:25502 votes
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.
Romans 12:1-2466 votes
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.
Titus 2:12428 votes
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Romans 12:2383 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Galatians 5:23371 votes
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
1 Corinthians 7:5362 votes
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.
James 1:19351 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
1 Corinthians 13:4-5346 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 7:9333 votes
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Proverbs 29:11331 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Philippians 4:13309 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Titus 2:2302 votes
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Ephesians 6:12299 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
What does the Bible say about self-control?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 25:28 on the subject of self-control. Across 31,910 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:13, Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Timothy 1:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.