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 anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.
and jealousy slays the gullible.
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?
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
Proverbs 14:29 A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Proverbs 16:32 Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.
and controlling one’s temper,
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,
James 1:19
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.
Fret
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.
“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.
I would have betrayed Your people.
Psalm 116:11 In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
“Everyone is a liar.”
1 Samuel 25:21
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.
Jeremiah 20:14 May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.
Luke 9:54
When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”