Genesis 43:31

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make every man go out from me.” So no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Isaiah 42:14

I have for a long time held My peace; I have been still and refrained Myself. Now I will cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

1 Peter 3:10

For “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.