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
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
Job 18:4
Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
Proverbs 14:29
Patience is a token of wisdom; but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.
Proverbs 16:32
A patient man is better than one strong; and he that can rule himself, is more worth than he that winneth a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
James 1:19
Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.
James 3:14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.
Fret
Psalm 31:22
And when I made haste, I said, "I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes." Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.
Psalm 73:15
Yea, I had almost also said even as they do; but lo, then should I have condemned the generation of thy children.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
1 Samuel 25:21
And David said, "In vain have I kept all that this fellow had in the wilderness: so that nought was missed that pertained unto him, for he hath quite me with evil for good.
Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born! Unhappy be the day, wherein my mother brought me forth!
Jonah 4:1
Therefore Jonah was sore discontent and angry.
Luke 9:54
When his disciples, James, and John, saw that, they said, "Lord, wilt thou that we command that fire come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?"