Genesis 43:31

New King James Version

Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, “Serve the bread.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

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

1 Peter 3:10

For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus says the Lord: “Refrain 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.

Isaiah 42:14

“I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.