Genesis 43:31

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then he washed his face and came out; and controlling himself he said, “Let food be served.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, “Make every one go out 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 he who restrains his lips is prudent.

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 travail, I will gasp and pant.

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 that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;