SOBRIETY

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(Clear thinking)
Commanded
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; (1 Peter 1:1313Wherefore 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; (1 Peter 1:13))
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8))
The gospel designed to teach
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:1212Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12))
With watchfulness
With prayer
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:77But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7))
Required in
God's servants
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:2-32A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:2‑3))
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:88But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:8))
Wives of servants of God
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Timothy 3:1111Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Timothy 3:11))
Aged men
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:22That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:2))
Young men
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Titus 2:66Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Titus 2:6))
Young women
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:44That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:4))
All saints
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:88But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:8))
Women should exhibit in dress
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:99In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9))
We should estimate our character and talents with
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Romans 12:33For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Romans 12:3))
We should live in
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:1212Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12))
Motive for
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:77But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7))
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8))
See TEMPERANCE
See DRUNKENNESS