Verses about 'self control'
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 9:25
The end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 Peter 4:7
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance.
2 Peter 1:6
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:8
If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
James 3:2
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3