Genesis 43:31

Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, “Serve the meal.”

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Isaiah 42:14

I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus says the Lord,
Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord,
“And they will return from the land of the enemy.

1 Peter 3:10

For,
The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

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Summary

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Bible References

Bread

Genesis 43:25
So they prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there.