Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) »
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

James 1:19 (KJV) »
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Proverbs 13:3 (KJV) »
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

2 Peter 1:5 (KJV) »
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV) »
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Proverbs 17:27 (KJV) »
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Proverbs 16:32 (KJV) »
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

James 1:20 (KJV) »
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

2 Timothy 2:24 (KJV) »
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

1 Corinthians 6:12 (KJV) »
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Psalms 141:3 (KJV) »
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

1 Corinthians 9:25 (KJV) »
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.

Proverbs 21:23 (KJV) »
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Matthew 5:39 (KJV) »
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Titus 2:12 (KJV) »
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Proverbs 25:28 (KJV) »
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Psalms 39:1 (KJV) »
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Proverbs 14:29 (KJV) »
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

1 Peter 4:2 (KJV) »
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Proverbs 19:11 (KJV) »
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

2 Peter 1:6 (KJV) »
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV) »
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:4 (KJV) »
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 29:20 (KJV) »
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

1 Timothy 3:3 (KJV) »
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Galatians 5:26 (KJV) »
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Proverbs 5:12 (KJV) »
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

1 Thessalonians 4:5 (KJV) »
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Titus 1:8 (KJV) »
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Proverbs 23:2 (KJV) »
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Matthew 19:11 (KJV) »
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Galatians 5:23 (KJV) »
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Proverbs 23:20 (KJV) »
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Titus 2:6 (KJV) »
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Proverbs 23:3 (KJV) »
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

1 Samuel 25:26 (KJV) »
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

Proverbs 25:15 (KJV) »
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 6:2 (KJV) »
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 25:16 (KJV) »
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

1 Corinthians 7:9 (KJV) »
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Proverbs 25:14 (KJV) »
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Proverbs 25:27 (KJV) »
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Acts 24:25 (KJV) »
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

Proverbs 27:4 (KJV) »
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Proverbs 23:30 (KJV) »
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 6:32 (KJV) »
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 23:21 (KJV) »
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 11:12 (KJV) »
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Proverbs 21:26 (KJV) »
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Proverbs 23:29 (KJV) »
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Proverbs 6:5 (KJV) »
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 27:3 (KJV) »
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 31:7 (KJV) »
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Proverbs 5:22 (KJV) »
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 6:27 (KJV) »
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 23:32 (KJV) »
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Proverbs 23:31 (KJV) »
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

2 Corinthians 10:9 (KJV) »
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

Proverbs 6:28 (KJV) »
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

1 Corinthians 7:37 (KJV) »
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.