So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, ¹  is on the prowl looking for someone ²  to devour.

But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate ¹  of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. ² 

Sorrow ¹  is better than laughter, because sober reflection ²  is good for the heart. ³ 

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer. ¹ 

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

Therefore, get your minds ready for action ¹  by being fully sober, and set your hope ²  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ³ 

In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ¹  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ² 

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you ¹  a measure of faith. ² 

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, ¹  sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ² 

Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled, ¹ 

But Paul replied, ¹  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ²  but am speaking ³  true and rational ⁴  words.

You, however, be self-controlled ¹  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

In this way ¹  they will train ²  the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Likewise also their wives ¹  must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

The overseer ¹  then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, ²  temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

When such a person ¹  hears the words of this oath he secretly ²  blesses himself ³  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ⁴  This will destroy ⁵  the watered ground with the parched. ⁶