SOBRIETY

- Commanded 1Pe 1:13; 5:8 - The gospel designed to teach Tit 2:11,12 - With watchfulness 1Th 5:6 - With prayer 1Pe 4:7 - REQUIRED IN . Ministers 1Ti 3:2,3; Tit 1:8 . Wives of ministers 1Ti 3:11 . Aged men Tit 2:2 . Young men Tit 2:6 . Young women Tit 2:4 . All saints 1Th 5:6,8 - Women should exhibit, in dress 1Ti 2:9 - We should estimate our character and talents with Ro 12:3 - We should live in Tit 2:12 - Motives to 1Pe 4:7; 5:8

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SOBRIETY. → (Clear thinking) → Commanded 1Pe 1:13; 5:8 → The gospel designed to teach Tit 2:12 → With watchfulness 1Th 5:6 → With prayer 1Pe 4:7 → Required in
* God' s servants 1Ti 3:2,3; Tit 1:8
* Wives of servants of God 1Ti 3:11
* Aged men Tit 2:2
* Young men Tit 2:6
* Young women Tit 2:4
* All saints 1Th 5:6,8

→ Women should exhibit in dress 1Ti 2:9 → We should estimate our character and talents with Ro 12:3 → We should live in Tit 2:12 → Motive for 1Pe 4:7; 5:8 → See TEMPERANCE → See DRUNKENNESS

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So‐bri″e‐ty (?), n. [[L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobriété. See Sober.]] 1. 1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone. 2. 2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham. Syn. — Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness; moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.