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.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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 mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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

The discretion of a man deferreth his 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 strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

He that is soon angry dealeth 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 evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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

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

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they gender contentions. And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth 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.

In which ye also walked formerly, when ye lived with them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thy enemy hungereth, feed him; if he thirsteth, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

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

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience;

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am the LORD.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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