Genesis 43:31

The Scriptures 2009

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

And Yosĕph was unable to restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Yosĕph made himself known to his brothers.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, Transgression is not absent, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Isaiah 42:14

“I have kept silent from of old, I have been still and held Myself back. Like a woman in labour I now cry out, I pant and gasp at once.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus said יהוה, “Hold back your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work,” declares יהוה, “and they shall return from the land of the enemy.

1 Peter 3:10

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