Bible on Self-Control

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.