15 Bible Verses about Control
Most Relevant Verses
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it whichever way He wishes.
for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];
He who is slow to anger is better and more honorable than the mighty [soldier],
And he who rules and controls his own spirit, than he who captures a city.
A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger,
But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.
that each of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor [being available for God’s purpose and separated from things profane],
We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].
For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;
For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature [taming his human faults and weaknesses].
But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Topics on Control
Birth Control
Genesis 38:8-10Then Judah told Onan, “Go in to your brother’s widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother.”
Elements, Control Of
Genesis 7:4For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”
God Being In Control
Psalm 22:28
For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
God Controls Storms
Job 37:15
“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?
God's Providential Control
Romans 13:1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God.
Self Control
Proverbs 29:11
A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger,
But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.
