Genesis 43:31

American King James Version (1999)

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

Isaiah 42:14

I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus said the LORD; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, said the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

1 Peter 3:10

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: