Psalm 37:8

Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

Proverbs 14:29

Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

Proverbs 16:32

Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.

Ephesians 4:26

"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

Job 5:2

For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.

James 1:19-20

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

1 Samuel 25:21-23

Now David had said, "Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me with evil for good!

Job 18:4

You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"

Psalm 31:22

When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.

Psalm 116:11

and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"

Jeremiah 20:14-15

Let the day on which I was born be cursed. Don't let the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.

Jonah 4:1

Greatly displeased, Jonah flew into a rage.

Jonah 4:9

Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"

Luke 9:54-55

When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

James 3:14-18

But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Bible References

Cease

Job 5:2
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.
Job 18:4
You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"
Proverbs 14:29
Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.
Proverbs 16:32
Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,
James 1:19
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

Fret

Psalm 31:22
When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.
Psalm 73:15
If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.
Psalm 116:11
and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me with evil for good!
Jeremiah 20:14
Let the day on which I was born be cursed. Don't let the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
Greatly displeased, Jonah flew into a rage.
Luke 9:54
When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

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