Bible Verses About Self Discipline
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for self discipline, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,912 votes, led by Hebrews 12:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Self Discipline
Hebrews 12:111,123 votes
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Proverbs 25:28786 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27583 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
2 Timothy 1:7574 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1 Corinthians 9:27481 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.
Galatians 5:22-23420 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Proverbs 13:4351 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Titus 2:11-14265 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Titus 1:8227 votes
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus 2:12226 votes
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Proverbs 15:32213 votes
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
1 Corinthians 9:25198 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.
Proverbs 13:24159 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 12:1156 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 13:18153 votes
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
2 Chronicles 15:7152 votes
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Hebrews 13:5148 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Proverbs 22:6122 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 29:17122 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:4120 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Galatians 5:23113 votes
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Romans 8:13110 votes
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
1 Peter 4:7109 votes
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Proverbs 29:15106 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 18:998 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
What does the Bible say about self discipline?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 12:11 on the subject of self discipline. Across 10,912 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 25:28, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 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.