'Self control' in the Bible
And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.
Do not defraud each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good,
and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,