Psalm 37:8

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Psalm 37:8

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

Ephesians 4:31

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

Proverbs 14:29

A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,

Job 5:2

For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

James 1:19-20

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

1 Samuel 25:21-23

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger—
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?

Psalm 31:22

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

Psalm 73:15

If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.

Psalm 116:11

In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”

Jeremiah 20:14-15

May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.

Jonah 4:1

But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

Jonah 4:9

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”

Luke 9:54-55

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

James 3:14-18

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

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Summary

Psalm 37:8

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

Cease

James 3:14

Fret

Luke 9:54

Bible References

Cease

For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.

You who tear yourself in anger—
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?

A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.

Be angry and do not sin.

Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

Fret

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.

In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.

May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.

But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”