20 Bible Verses about Anger Management

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger, for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

What causes quarrels and fights among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members? You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

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

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger,

And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know that they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, patient when wronged,

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, each one of you must speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother shall be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be answerable to the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of hell.

Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

For the overseer must be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not fond of sordid gain,

The older men are to be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they will become discouraged.