Psalm 37:8

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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 wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

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

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.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

Fret

I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

I rashly declared, "All men are liars."

Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"