'Self controlled' in the Bible

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

But let us who are of the day be self-controlled, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist's work, fulfill your ministry.

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.