Physical and emotional self-mastery, particularly in situations of intense provocation or temptation.

Proverbs 29:11

Self-control is the mark of a wise person

See also

Proverbs 1:1-5
Galatians 5:22-23

Self-control is an aspect of Christian character

Titus 2:11-12

See also

1 Timothy 3:2
Titus 1:8; 2:2,5-6
2 Peter 1:5-9
1 Corinthians 9:26-27

Self-control affects the whole person

See also

Physical self-control

1 Corinthians 7:36-38
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7
1 Peter 1:13

See also

A mental discipline

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
1 Peter 4:7; 5:8
Psalms 141:3
James 1:19

Controlled speech

See also

Psalms 17:3
Proverbs 16:23; 21:23
Ecclesiastes 5:2
James 3:1-12
Matthew 5:39-40

Self-control in response to persecution

See also

1 Peter 2:18-23

pp Lk 6:27-29

Genesis 39:7-12

Examples of self-control

1 Samuel 24:1-7; 26:7-12

Joseph

2 Samuel 16:9-10

David:

Job 31:1,30

Job:

Isaiah 53:7

Jesus Christ:

Mark 14:61
Matthew 27:27-30

the servant, understood in the NT as a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 4:12-13; 9:24-27

Paul:

Proverbs 18:7

The dangers of a loss of self-control

Jeremiah 14:10

See also

1 Samuel 18:10-11
2 Samuel 13:7-14

Saul

Psalms 106:32-33

Amnon

Proverbs 6:1-3; 29:18
Acts 24:25

Moses

Romans 1:24-31
1 Corinthians 7:5
1 Corinthians 7:9
Colossians 2:23

aimed at those who thought that abstaining from sexual relations in marriage was spiritual

2 Peter 2:12-14,18-19
Jude 1:4

False teaching was leading to the throwing off of restraints in the name of the gospel:

See also

3257 Holy Spirit, gift of
5268 cooking
5926 rebuke
5936 riots
6109 alienation
6187 immorality
8230 discipline
8306 mercifulness
8318 patience
8459 perseverance
8475 self-denial
8778 materialism