Verse 31

He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal."

Referenced Verses

• Gen 45:1 : 1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" There stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
• Isa 42:14 : 14 I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
• Jer 31:16 : 16 Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
• 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For, "He who would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.