39 Bible Verses about Anger Management
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Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
A fool utters all his anger, but a wise man keeps it back and calms it.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts? Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing. For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.
He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
But shun foolish and uneducated questions, knowing that they breed quarrels. And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other. Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.
in which ye also once walked when ye lived in them. But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil. And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord. Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head. Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to angry, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
If he says thus, It is well. Thy servant shall have peace. But if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.
Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
