Bible Verses for Kids About Self-Control

For the moments when big feelings want to drive. Verses to hand back the wheel to Jesus.

1. Verse 1

   “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.”

   — Galatians 5:22–23

2. Verse 2

   “A person without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”

   — Proverbs 25:28

3. Verse 3

   “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and self-control.”

   — 2 Timothy 1:7

4. Verse 4

   “Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.”

   — James 1:19

5. Verse 5

   “Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.”

   — Psalm 34:13