42 Bible Verses about Anger And Forgiveness

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

nor give place to the devil.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!"

Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, [was] this not {what I said} while I was in my homeland? Therefore {I originally fled} to Tarshish, because I knew that you [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger {and having great steadfast love}, and one who relents concerning calamity.

And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.

But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,

For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.

You have covered [yourself] {in anger} and pursued us, you have slain and not shown mercy.

Yahweh [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love.

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion {determined} to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}, abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them.

Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

He does not dispute continually, nor keep [his anger] forever.

Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have {provoked the builders to anger}.

'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.'

Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your rage turn away from your city Jerusalem, {your holy mountain}, because through our sins and through the iniquities of our ancestors Jerusalem and your people have become an object of mockery among all of our neighbors.

{Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord, our God}, for we have rebelled against him,

Yahweh [is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love.

You must not be exceedingly angry, Yahweh, and you must not remember iniquity forever! Look! Behold, now! We all [are] your people!

Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, for [by then] the anger of Yahweh will smoke, and his passion against that man and all the curses written in this scroll will descend on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

But if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your burning anger.

And so I will act in rage, and my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion, and they will cry in my ear [with] a loud voice, and I will not hear them."

O Yahweh God [of] hosts, {how long will you be angry} against the prayer of your people?

How long, O Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

Perhaps their plea will fall {before} Yahweh and each one will turn away from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and wrath that Yahweh pronounced against this people."

But you, Yahweh, you know {all their plans of assassination against me}. You must not make atonement for their iniquity, and you must not cause their sin to be blotted out from {before you}. But let them be overthrown {before you}. Deal with them in the time of your anger.

But with you [is] forgiveness, so that you may be feared."

Who knows? God may relent and change his mind and turn {from his blazing anger} {so that} we will not perish."

So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,

We ourselves have transgressed and rebelled, you have not forgiven.

And Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your face fallen?

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness can undo great offenses.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, apostate Israel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not cause my {anger} to fall on you. For I [am] loyal,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not be angry {forever}.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Stupid fool!' will be subject to the council, and whoever says, 'Obstinate fool!' will be subject to fiery hell.