Genesis 43:31

English Standard Version 2016

Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

1 Peter 3:10

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus says the Lord: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

Isaiah 42:14

For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.