39 Bible Verses about Anger Management

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

The discretion of a man maketh 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 resteth in the bosom of fools.

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes. And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.

wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God : for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him , thou must do it yet again.

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah