Reference: Anger
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A violent emotion of a painful nature, sometimes arising spontaneously upon just occasion, but usually characterized in the Bible as a great sin, Mt 5:22; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8. Even when just, our anger should be mitigated by a due consideration of the circumstances of the offence and the state of mind of the offender; of the folly and ill-results of this passion; of the claims of the gospel, and of our own need of forgiveness from others, but especially from God, Mt 6:15. Anger is in Scripture frequently attributed to God, Mt 7:11; 28:20; not that he is liable to those violent emotions which this passion produces, but figuratively speaking, that is, after the manner of men; and because he punishes the wicked with severity of a superior provoked to anger.
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but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.
and if you do not forgive the people, your Father will not forgive you your trespasses.
Therefore if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask Him?
teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the age.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:
Easton
the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful. It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Mt 5:22; Eph 4:26; Col 3:8). As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure with sin and with sinners (Ps 7:11).
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but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your provocation:
but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:
Hastings
In OT 'anger' represents about a dozen Heb. roots, which occur as nouns, vbs. (once 'angered' is used transitively, Ps 106:32), and adjs. By far the most frequent words are anaph (lit. 'to snort') and its deriv. noun aph, which is used of the anger both of men (Ge 27:45; 30:2; Ex 11:8; 32:19; etc.) and God (Ex 4:14; 32:22; Ps 6:1; 7:6 etc.). In NT 'anger' is of much less frequent occurrence, and represents only 2 roots: (1) the noun org
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And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
And looking round on them with indignation, being grieved over the hardness of their hearts, He says to the man; Reach forth thy hand. And he reached it forth and it was restored.
And all in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled with wrath.
He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, in order that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you mad at me, because I made a man entirely whole on the Sabbath?
And hearing and being filled with rage, they continued to cry out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
but to those who are of self-seeking, and disobedient to the truth, but obedient to unrighteousness, there are indignation and wrath.
but to those who are of self-seeking, and disobedient to the truth, but obedient to unrighteousness, there are indignation and wrath.
but to those who are of self-seeking, and disobedient to the truth, but obedient to unrighteousness, there are indignation and wrath.
But I say, Whether does not Israel know? Moses first says, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, and with a nation void of understanding I will anger you.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:
but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
Watsons
ANGER, a resentful emotion of the mind, arising upon the receipt, or supposed receipt, of an affront or injury; and also simple feeling of strong displacency at that which is in itself evil, or base, or injurious to others. In the latter sense it is not only innocent but commendable. Strong displeasure against evil doers, provided it be free from hatred and malice, and interferes not with a just placableness, is also blameless, Eph 4:26. When it is vindictive against the person of our neighbour, or against the innocent creatures of God, it is wicked, Mt 5:22. When anger, hatred, wrath, and fury, are ascribed to God, they denote no tumultuous passion, but merely his holy and just displeasure with sin and sinners and the evidence of it in his terrible threatenings, or righteous judgments, Ps 6:1; 7:11. We must, however, take care that we refine not too much. These are Scriptural terms, and are often used of God; and though they express not a tumultuous, much less an unjust, passion, there is something in God which answers to them. In him they are principles arising out of his holy and just nature; and for this reason they are more steady and uniform, and more terrible, than if they were emotions, or as we say, passions. Nor can we rightly regard the seventy of the judgments which God has so often executed upon sin without standing in awe of him, "as a consuming fire" to the ungodly.
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but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your provocation: