Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Bible References
Cease
Job 5:2
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Job 18:4
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
James 1:19
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
James 3:14
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Fret
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Psalm 73:15
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this man had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.
Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
Jonah 4:1
And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
Luke 9:54
And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?