Genesis 43:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech.

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.

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, says the Lord: they shall come back from the land of the enemy;

1 Peter 3:10

For “Those who desire to love life and to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit;