Bible Verses About Temperance
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for temperance, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,300 votes, led by Galatians 5:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Temperance
Galatians 5:23181 votes
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
1 Corinthians 9:27141 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.
Titus 2:12137 votes
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
2 Peter 1:6109 votes
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
Proverbs 25:1697 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Galatians 5:22-2595 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Romans 12:1-284 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.
1 Corinthians 9:2580 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 13:1476 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Peter 5:874 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Titus 1:851 votes
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
1 John 4:1-2151 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Proverbs 23:1-349 votes
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Galatians 5:1643 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Philippians 4:1342 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Titus 2:240 votes
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Romans 5:3-639 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
1 Corinthians 3:16-1739 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Galatians 5:22-2339 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 5:1835 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Galatians 5:2234 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
2 Peter 1:534 votes
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Proverbs 25:2831 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1131 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Timothy 3:331 votes
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
What does the Bible say about temperance?
Readers most often cite Galatians 5:23 on the subject of temperance. Across 2,300 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 9:27, Titus 2:12, 2 Peter 1:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.