Self-Control While Waiting
Psalm 39:7 BSB
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Romans 8:25 BSB
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
Psalm 130:5 BSB
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Isaiah 51:5 BSB
My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 BSB
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
1 Peter 1:13 BSB
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Romans 12:3 BSB
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
Psalm 38:15 BSB
I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalm 119:81 BSB
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Proverbs 1:18 BSB
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Proverbs 23:28 BSB
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Proverbs 20:22 BSB
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Proverbs 12:6 BSB
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Isaiah 8:17 BSB
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Galatians 5:23 BSB
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Proverbs 25:28 BSB
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
2 Timothy 1:7 BSB
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
1 Corinthians 9:25 BSB
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 BSB
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Galatians 5:22 BSB
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,