21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Be ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.

for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

He Cease from anger and forsake wrath: let not thy wrath in any wise cause you to become evil.

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Be ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.

If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.

The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins.

Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou to judge another?

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice, and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?

He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

But foolish and unwise questions refuse, knowing that they do beget contentions. That the slave of the Lord should not be contentious, but be meek unto everyone, apt to teach, patient,