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20 Bible Verses About Control: God’s Rule, Human Plans and Self-Control

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Summary

  • Job 42:2 and Daniel 4:35 both confess that no one can thwart God’s purpose; Nebuchadnezzar says it after losing and regaining his throne.
  • Proverbs 16:9 and 19:21 set a person’s plans beside the Lord’s purpose, and Proverbs 16:33 places even the cast lot under the Lord’s decision.
  • James 4:15 gives a sentence for making plans: “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
  • Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6:34 and Luke 12:25-26 concerns food and clothing, and grounds freedom from worry in the Father who knows what is needed.
  • Galatians 5:23 lists self-control (egkrateia) as fruit of the Spirit, and Proverbs 16:32 ranks it above taking a city.

The Bible teaches that God rules over everything that happens, and that his Spirit produces self-control in a person. Job confesses that “no purpose of yours can be thwarted” (Job 42:2), and Nebuchadnezzar learns that “no one can hold back his hand” (Daniel 4:35). Proverbs 16:9 sets a person’s plans beside the Lord who “establishes their steps.” Other passages name what a person cannot control: tomorrow (James 4:13-15; Matthew 6:34), the length of a life (Luke 12:25-26) and the outcome…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 1466, ἐγκράτεια (egkrateia): self-control, temperance. biblehub.com/greek/1466

Strong’s Greek 4995, σωφρονισμός (sōphronismos): self-discipline, sound mind, self-control. biblehub.com/greek/4995

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