4 Bible Verses about Temperance

Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.

He told his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you. Put a knife to your throat, if you are a man with a strong desire (lust) (passion).

Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.

Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without asking questions for the sake of conscience.

Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies.

He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you. Put a knife to your throat, if you are a man with a strong desire (lust) (passion).

Have you found honey? Eat only what is needed or you will be too full and vomit.

He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: Go your way for now. When I have time I will send for you.

Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to receive an incorruptible crown.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).

He who obeys the law is a wise son. But he who is a companion of worthless men shames his father.

They suffer wrong as their reward for wrongdoing. They are men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine with them.

Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons.

But I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, so that after I have preached to others I will not be disqualified.

He told his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body.

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you. Put a knife to your throat, if you are a man with a strong desire (lust) (passion).

As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

You are doomed! Heroes of the wine bottle! Brave and fearless when it comes to mixing drinks!

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

Awake, you drunkards, and weep! Wail you drinkers of wine. The sweet wine is removed from your mouth.

Entangled like thorns and drunken from drink, they are consumed like dry stubble.

Nazirites must never drink wine, liquor, vinegar made from wine or liquor, or any kind of grape juice. They must never eat fresh grapes or raisins.

You have not eaten bread. You have not drunk wine or strong drink. This in order that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.

Do not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food.

They cast lots for my people, and traded a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess,

For in eating every one goes ahead with out waiting for everybody else. One is hungry and another is drunk.

Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself.

I ate no pleasant bread; neither flesh nor wine entered my mouth. I did not anoint myself at all until three whole weeks were completed.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and weakened.

If food makes my brother stumble I will eat no food at all so I do not make my brother stumble.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient (profitable) (good). All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the authority (power) (control) of anything.

Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires.

Being slow to anger is better than being mighty. Being self-controlled is better than ruling a city.

He who cannot control his own spirit (life) is as helpless as a city without walls, open to trouble.

Being slow to anger is better than being mighty. Being self-controlled is better than ruling a city.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence). read more.
He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world. Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue. Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness. Add brotherly kindness to your godliness. And to your brotherly kindness add love. For if these things are yours and abound in you they will keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply) these things, you will never stumble! For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly (abundantly) supplied to you.

He who cannot control his own spirit (life) is as helpless as a city without walls, open to trouble.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence). read more.
He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world. Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue. Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness. Add brotherly kindness to your godliness. And to your brotherly kindness add love. For if these things are yours and abound in you they will keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize. Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to receive an incorruptible crown.

Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king's banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.

David invited him for dinner. Uriah ate with David and drank so much that he got drunk. However he still did not go home. He went out and slept on his mat near the palace guards.

In the middle of the day they went out. But Benhadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

But they answered: No! The ancestor of our clan, Jonadab son of Rechab, made a rule that we must obey. He said: 'Do not ever drink wine

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink.

Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue. Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness. Add brotherly kindness to your godliness. And to your brotherly kindness add love.

Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.

His servant Zimri, commander of half his war-carriages made plans to kill him. He was in Tirzah, drinking hard at the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.

He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presences of King Ahasuerus.

Teach sound doctrine. Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: Go your way for now. When I have time I will send for you.

On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from the heat of wine, and the king joins mockers.

He will be great in the eyes of God. He will not drink wine or strong drink and he will be full of Holy Spirit from the time of his birth.

We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body.