Temperance

General Scriptures Concerning

• Esther 1:7–8 Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty. …
• Proverbs 23:1–3 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, …
• Proverbs 25:16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
• Daniel 1:8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
• Romans 13:14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
• 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
• 1 Corinthians 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
• Philippians 4:5 Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. …
• 1 Timothy 3:2–3 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, …
• 1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
• Titus 1:7–8 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. …
• Titus 2:2–3 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. …
• Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
• 2 Peter 1:5–6 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; …