4 Bible Verses about Temperance

and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience piety,

And he said to his disciples, I tell you, therefore, be not anxious for your soul what you shall eat, nor for the body what you shall put on.

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

Whatever is sold in the market eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake;

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.

For the time past is sufficient for us to have performed the will of the gentiles, walking in lewdness, inordinate desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings and unlawful idolatries,

receiving the wages of wickedness, accounting luxury in the day-time a pleasure, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceptions while feasting with you,

murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.

And he said to his disciples, I tell you, therefore, be not anxious for your soul what you shall eat, nor for the body what you shall put on.

Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be not oppressed with revelling and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you suddenly;

But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

for each one in eating takes his supper before the rest, and one is hungry and another drunk.

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

it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles.

Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not offend my brother.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,

SIMEON Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. As his divine power has given us all things which pertain to life and piety, through the knowledge of him that has called us to his own glory and virtue, read more.
through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire, and for the same purpose also, giving all diligence add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience piety, and to piety brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these are in you and abound, they will make you not inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; for a man that is without these is blind, not seeing to a distance, and has forgotten the purification from his former errors. Wherefore, brothers, use the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things you shall never fall. For thus shall you have an abundant entrance given you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

SIMEON Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. As his divine power has given us all things which pertain to life and piety, through the knowledge of him that has called us to his own glory and virtue, read more.
through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire, and for the same purpose also, giving all diligence add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience piety, and to piety brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these are in you and abound, they will make you not inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; for a man that is without these is blind, not seeing to a distance, and has forgotten the purification from his former errors.

Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain. And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.

and for the same purpose also, giving all diligence add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience piety, and to piety brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

Speak things which become sound teaching. That the aged men be sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth;

For in many things we all offend; if one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in subjection also the whole body.