20 Bible Verses about Anger Management

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give the devil no place.

Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry; for a man's anger does not further the righteous purpose of God.

for a man's anger does not further the righteous purpose of God.

But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips.

Where do the conflicts and quarrels that go on among you come from? Do they not come from your passions which are always making war among your bodily members? You continually crave and do not obtain; you are killing and coveting and cannot acquire; you are fighting and at war. You do not have, because you do not ask.

"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;

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

And as you would like men to do to you, So do you also to them.

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

Ever shun foolish and puerile discussions, for you know that they lead to quarrels. The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong.

So then put away falseness and speak every man the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another. "Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give the devil no place.

among whom you once led your daily life when you lived in them. But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips. Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,

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.

Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but be overcoming evil with good.

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.

The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

For indeed a presiding officer, as God's steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;

that the older men be self-controlled, serious and sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Fathers, do not harass your children, lest you make them spiritless.