Bible Verses about “temperance”
Found 40 verses (ordered by relevance) about “temperance” in the KJV version of the Bible
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”
“¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].”
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”
“But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
“¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
“¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:”
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”
“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
“And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;”
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.”
“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
“We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.”
“They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.”
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
“¶ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.”
“¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.”
“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”
“Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”
“¶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
“¶ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:”
“Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.”