42 Bible Verses about Anger And Forgiveness

Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.

neither give place unto the backbiter.

A wise man putteth off displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faults pass.

So like wise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses."

Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.

And though he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, It repenteth me, forgive him."

And he prayed unto the LORD and said, "O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? And therefore I hasted rather to flee to Tarshish: for I knew well enough that thou wast a merciful god, full of compassion long before thou be angry, and of great mercy and repentest when thou art come to take punishment.

And his Lord was wroth, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due to him.

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

For thou, LORD, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

{Samekh} Thou hast covered us in thy wrath, and persecuted us, thou hast slain us, without any favour.

The LORD is gracious and merciful, long-suffering and of great goodness.

and refused to hear, and were not mindful of the wonders that thou didst for them: but became obstinate and heady insomuch that they turned back to their bondage in their disobedience. But thou, my God, forgavest, and wast gracious, merciful, patient, and of great goodness, and forsookest them not.

Where is there such a God as thou? That pardonest wickedness, and forgivest the offenses of the remnant of thine heritage? He keepeth not his wrath for ever. And why? His delight is to have compassion.

He will not alwayS be chiding, neither keepeth he his anger forever.

Cover not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out from thy presence: for they have provoked the builders.

'The LORD is long yer he be angry, and full of mercy, and suffereth sin and trespass, and leaveth no man innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the children, even upon the third and fourth generation.'

O LORD, and done wickedly against all thy righteousness: Yet let thy wrathful displeasure be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill. And why? For our sins' sake, and for the wickedness of our forefathers is Jerusalem and thy people abhorred, of all them that are about us.

But unto thee O LORD our God, pertaineth mercy and forgiveness. As for us, we are gone back from him,

The LORD is full of compassion and mercy; longsuffering, and of great goodness.

Be not too sore displeased, O LORD, and keep not our offenses too long in thy remembrance: but consider that we all are thy people.

"And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven,

leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.

Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

Therefore will I also do something in my wrathful displeasure: so that mine eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them. Yea, and though they cry in mine ears with loud voice, yet will I not hear them."

O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?

LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?

Peradventure they will pray meekly before the face of LORD, and turn, every one from his wicked way. For great is the wrath and displeasure, that the LORD hath taken against this people."

Yet LORD, thou knowest all their counsel that they have devised, to slay me. And therefore forgive them not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out of thy sight: but let them be judged before thee as the guilty: This shalt thou do unto them in the time of thy indignation.

But there is mercy with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

"Who can tell whether God will turn and repent, and cease from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?"

Then had the Lord pity on that servant, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,

We have been dissemblers, and have offended; will thou therefore not be intreated?

And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art thou angry, and why lowerest thou? Knowest thou not, if thou dost well thou shalt receive it?

Patience is a token of wisdom; but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.

If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.

and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:

But I say unto you, Whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of judgment: whosoever sayeth unto his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of a council: but whosoever sayeth, 'Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.