21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. Do not give the devil an opportunity.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

A person's wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge. But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge -- the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting. And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,