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
To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.
Job 18:4
You tear yourself to pieces in your anger! Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding. He who is short tempered exalts foolishness.
Proverbs 16:32
Being slow to anger is better than being mighty. Being self-controlled is better than ruling a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).
James 1:19
You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
James 3:14
If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.
Fret
Psalm 31:22
When I was panic-stricken, I said: I have been cut off from your sight. But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
Psalm 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; then, I would offend the generation of your children.
Psalm 116:11
I also said when I was panic-stricken: All men are liars.
1 Samuel 25:21
David thought: I guarded this man's possessions in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he paid me back with evil when I was good to him.
Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed is the day when I was born. Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
Jonah 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly. He was angry!
Luke 9:54
When his disciples James and John saw this they said: Lord, do you want us to request fire from heaven to consume them?