25 Bible Verses about Restraint

Then Jesus said to him. "Put back your sword into its place! for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. "Do you not suppose that I am able to appeal to my Father to furnish me at this very moment with twelve legions of angels?

He was, however, rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with a man's voice, and stopped the madness of the prophet.

For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps; He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth. He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly.

Rising to his feet the high priest asked Jesus. "Do you make no answer? What is it that these are testifying against you?" But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Then the high priest rose and stood forth among them. "Have you no answer to make?" he asked Jesus; "What is it that these testify against you?" But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him. "Are you the Christ," he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

"It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear what they are testifying against you?" But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.

"Do you make no answer?" he said, "See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered.

Then he went in board a fishing-boat, his disciples accompanying him; and behold, a sudden storm arose on the sea, so that the boat began to be buried by the waves. But he was asleep. And they came and woke him, saying. "Lord save us! We are drowning!"read more.
"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm. But the men were amazed, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him. But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill. Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"read more.
And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?" Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail. While they were sailing he fell asleep. And there fell on the lake a squall of wind, so that the boat began to fill, and they to be in deadly peril. Then they came to him and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are lost!" Then he awoke, and rebuked the winds and the raging of the sea. They ceased, and there was a calm.read more.
"Where is your faith?" he asked them, In their terror they were filled with amazement, and said to one another, "Who is this who commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him?"

And had not the Lord cut short those days, not a single person would escape; but for the elect's sake whom he has chosen, he has cut them short.

And if these days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake these days will be cut short.

And now you know what is holding him back, to the end that he may be revealed in his appointed time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only there is one who is hindering and will continue to hinder till he be removed;

He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.

"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."

saying, "Do no harm to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, Until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads."

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

If a man thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own religion,

For in many respects we often stumble. If any man never stumbles in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we control their whole body also. Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills.read more.
So also the tongue is a small member and makes great boasts. Behold, how great a forest is set on fire by a little spark! And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For while every kind of beast and bird, and of reptiles and sea-creatures are tamable, and actually have been tamed by mankind, no man can tame the tongue, restless evil that it is, full of deadly poison. With it we continually bless our Lord and Father, and with it we are accustomed to curse men made in the image of God. From out of the same mouth pour forth blessings and cursings! My brothers, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives; or a grape-vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh water.

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

Therefore let not sin rule as king in your mortal body, compelling you to obey its lusts.