Quotes about Self-control
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
— Job 32:19
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
— Psalm 4:4
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
— Psalm 37:8
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
— Psalm 39:1
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
— Psalm 141:3
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
— Proverbs 5:15
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
— Proverbs 5:23
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
— Proverbs 13:3
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
— Proverbs 14:29
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
— Proverbs 19:11
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
— Proverbs 19:19
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
— Proverbs 21:23