The best Bible verses for self control (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for self control (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,"Romans 8:6
"For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,"Romans 8:6
"However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him."Romans 8:9
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober [in spirit], fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."1 Peter 1:13
"The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober [spirit] for the purpose of prayer."1 Peter 4:7
"But since we are of [the] day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation."1 Thessalonians 5:8
"An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,"1 Timothy 3:2
"and in [your] knowledge, self-control, and in [your] self-control, perseverance, and in [your] perseverance, godliness,"2 Peter 1:6
"unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,"2 Timothy 3:3
"[Like] a city that is broken into [and] without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit."Proverbs 25:28
"Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."1 Corinthians 7:5
"But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, 'Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.'"Acts 24:25
"Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance."Titus 2:2
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for self control (NASB) are Romans 8:6, Romans 8:8, Romans 8:9. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to self control (NASB) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for self control (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.