20 Bible Verses about Aggression

in union with whom we were made God's portion, since we had been foreordained in accordance with the purpose of Him who in everything carries out the plan of His will,

You must understand this, my dearly loved brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry;

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons.

But now you too must once for all put them all aside -- anger, rage, malice, and abusive, filthy talk from your lips.

You must understand this, my dearly loved brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry; for a man's anger does not produce the uprightness that God requires.

If you do get angry, you must stop sinning in your anger. Do not ever let the sun go down on your anger;

If you do get angry, you must stop sinning in your anger. Do not ever let the sun go down on your anger; stop giving the devil a chance.

But I say to you: "Everyone who harbors malice against his brother, will have to answer to the court, and whoever speaks contemptuously to his brother, will have to answer to the supreme court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You cursed fool? will have to pay the penalty in the pit of torture.

For from Him everything comes, through Him everything lives, and for Him everything exists. Glory to Him forever! Amen.

take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.

You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.

Then He said to them, "But now the man who has a purse must take it, and a bag too. And the man who does not have a sword must sell his coat and buy one.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs, for all who wield the sword will die by the sword.

It does not act with rudeness, or insist upon its rights; it never gets provoked, it never harbors evil thoughts;

I can do anything through Him who gives me strength.

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice. You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.

Stop returning evil for evil to anyone. Always see to it that your affairs are right in the sight of everybody. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with everybody. Stop taking revenge on one another, beloved, but leave a place for God's anger, for the Scripture says, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back, says the Lord."read more.
Do the opposite. If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink, for if you act in this way, you will heap burning coals upon his head! Stop being conquered by evil, but keep on conquering evil with good.

Then you must practice dealing with others as you would like for them to deal with you, for this is the summing up of the law and the prophets.

Then some soldiers too were asking him, "What ought we too to do?" So he said to them, "Never extort money from anyone, never make a false accusation, and always be satisfied with your wages."

"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and praying for your persecutors, to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.read more.
For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that? And if you say 'Good morning' to your brothers only, what more than others are you doing? So you, my followers, ought to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is."