Topic
Self-Control
11 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 10:27Nave Of Saul
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
- 1 Samuel 24:1–15Nave Of David
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the…
- 1 Samuel 26:1–20Nave Of David
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David…
- Matthew 26:62Nave Of Jesus
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
- Matthew 26:63Nave Of Jesus
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
- Matthew 27:12–14Nave Of Jesus
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- Acts 24:25ISBE
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- 1 Corinthians 7:9ISBE
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- Galatians 5:23ISBE
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
- Titus 1:8ISBE
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- 2 Peter 1:6ISBE
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
self-kon-trol' (egkrateia): Rendered in the King James Version "temperance" (compare Latin temperario and continentia), but more accurately "self-control," as in the Revised Version (British and American) (Ac 24:25; Ga 5:23; 2Pe 1:6); adjective of same, egkrates, "self-controlled" (Tit 1:8 the Revised Version (British and American)); compare verb forms in 1Co 7:9, "have .... continency"; 9:25, the athlete "exerciseth self-control." Self-control is therefore repeatedly set forth in the New Testament as among the important Christian virtues.
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.