12 Bible Verses about Anger And Forgiveness

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Give the devil no place.

"So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother."

Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry;

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

"Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt.

"leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

"So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt.

but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.