39 Bible Verses about Anger Management
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Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
Whoever 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 slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that 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 to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by 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 everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
For an overseer,as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
"You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
