Anger And Forgiveness

"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.

and do not give the Devil an opportunity to work.

A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts."

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

In anger his master handed him over to the jailers until he could repay the entire debt.

But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and didn't destroy them; He restrained his anger and didn't vent all his wrath.

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

Clothing yourself with anger, you pursued us. You killed without pity,

Gracious and merciful is the LORD, slow to become angry, and overflowing with gracious love.

They would not listen, and did not remember the miracles you did among them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return them to their slavery. "But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in gracious love; therefore you did not abandon them.

Is there any God like you, forgiving iniquity, passing over transgressions by the survivors who are your heritage? He is not angry forever, because he delights in gracious love.

He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time.

Don't atone their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you, because they have demoralized the builders."

"The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he won't acquit the guilty. He recalls the iniquity of fathers to the third and fourth generation.'

Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, please turn your anger and wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an embarrassment to all of those around us.

But to the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we've rebelled against him

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love.

Don't be angry beyond measure, LORD, and don't remember our iniquity for a season. Please look now, we are all your people.

"The LORD won't forgive such a person. Instead, the zealous anger of the LORD will blaze against him. All the curses that were written in this book will fall on him. Then the LORD will wipe out his memory from under heaven.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses."

You withdrew all your wrath and turned away from your burning anger.

I'm going to deal with them in rage and anger. I'll show neither pity nor compassion. They'll cry loudly directly in my ears, but I won't listen to them."

LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?

How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

Perhaps their pleas for help will come to the LORD's attention, and each of them will turn from his evil lifestyle in light of the great anger and wrath that the LORD has declared against this people."

But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Don't forgive their iniquity, and don't erase their sin from your sight. Let them stumble before you. When it's time for you to be angry, act against them!

But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be feared.

Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?"

The master of that servant had compassion and released him, canceling his debt.

The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.

As for us, we have sinned and rebelled; but you have not pardoned us.

When Cain became very upset and depressed, the LORD asked Cain, "Why are you so upset? Why are you depressed?

Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

If your overseer gets angry at you, don't resign, because calmness pacifies great offenses.

Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say, "Return, unfaithful Israel,' declares the LORD. "I won't look on you in anger, for I am gracious,' declares the LORD. "I won't remain angry forever.

But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother "Raka!' will be subject to the Council. And whoever says, "You fool!' will be subject to hell fire.