G4997 σωφροσύνη
sōphrosýnē — soundness of mind, i.e. (literally) sanity or (figuratively) self-control
KJV: soberness, sobriety
Derived from σώφρων sṓphrōn (safe)
Occurs 12 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 26:25 — But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
- 1 Timothy 2:9 — In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided…
- 1 Timothy 2:15 — but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with sobriety.
- Wisdom of Solomon 8:7 — If a man loves righteousness, the fruits of wisdom’s labor are virtues, for she teaches soberness, understanding…
- 2 Maccabees 4:37 — Antiochus therefore was heartily sorry, and was moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and well ordered life of…
- 4 Maccabees 1:3 — If, then, reasoning appears to hold the mastery over the emotions which stand in the way of temperance, such as…
- 4 Maccabees 1:6 — For reasoning does not rule over its own emotions, but over those that are contrary to justice, courage, temperance…
- 4 Maccabees 1:18 — The forms of wisdom are self-control, justice, courage, and temperance.
- 4 Maccabees 1:30 — For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the emotions. Observe then first, through the…
- 4 Maccabees 1:31 — Now temperance consists of a command over the lusts.