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What Does the Bible Say About Sober Minded?

Here are 10 Bible verses about sober minded, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

    BSBBe sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  2. #21 Peter 4:7

    But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

    BSBThe end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

  3. #31 Peter 1:13

    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

    BSBTherefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

  4. #41 Timothy 3:2

    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

    BSBAn overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

  5. #5Titus 2:6

    Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

    BSBIn the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

  6. #6Titus 2:2

    That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

    BSBOlder men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

  7. #7Titus 2:12

    Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

    BSBIt instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

  8. #8Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

    BSBDo not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

  9. #91 Thessalonians 5:6

    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

    BSBSo then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

  10. #10Romans 12:2

    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

    BSBDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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