Hopeful Bible Verses About Self Control

The Bible is filled with verses about self-control and I may as well confess right now, I don’t really enjoy those verses very much.  Alas, I struggle with self-control and often feel discouraged and overwhelmed!  I put together these Hopeful Bible Verses About Self Control to encourage you, and to encourage me.

I am currently studying the book of Titus and what a lovely book it is!  It is a volume that is chocked full of life applications. This biblical book is a letter written by Paul, filled with instructions to Titus about how to appoint worthy elders to positions of responsibility, and preach sound doctrine.  Paul also encourages Titus to exemplify these character traits in his own life which are virtues that are expected of all Christians. 

There is one other very important point about this whole self-control thing and it really captured my attention.  Jesus is a self-controlled individual.  I know, it seems obvious, right?  Well, admittedly I had completely zoned in on the external behavior instead of the whole reason for wanting self-control in the first place. I desire to be like Christ.  Jesus in his gentle way also reminded me that I am not capable of accomplishing this character trait in my life without Him.  I must pray and ask God to deposit self-control into my very character.  

Hopeful Bible Verses About Self-Control

• For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
  2 Peter 1:5-7
• Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
  turn your foot away from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
  Galatians 5:22-23
• Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  James 1:19
• No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
  1 Corinthians 10:13
• The vexation of a fool is known at once,
  but the prudent ignores an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16
• But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
  1 Corinthians 9:27
• A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
  but a wise man quietly holds it back.
  Proverbs 29:11
• I have made a covenant with my eyes;
  how then could I gaze at a virgin?
  Job 31:1
• Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  1 Corinthians 7:5
• For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
  Titus 2:11-12
• Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
  2 John 1:8
• So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
  1 Thessalonians 5:6
• Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
  Romans 12:2
• A man without self-control
  is like a city broken into and left without walls.
  Proverbs 25:28
• Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
  1 Corinthians 9:25
• Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
  and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:3
• Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
  and those who love it will eat its fruits.
  Proverbs 18:21
• For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  Ephesians 6:12

The Word of God is filled with hopeful expectations.  Listen to the beauty of Titus 2:3-5, Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

May you be filled with hope and encouragement dear friend. Slow down and make time to study, meditate and memorize these Bible verses.  Soak the truth deep in your soul. Ask Jesus to instill the pleasing gift of self-control in your life. 

YOUR TURN…

What makes you feel hopeful? 

Blessings,

Janelle 

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