20 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.

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

But now put ye also all these things off, anger, wrath, ill-nature, evil speaking, filthy discourse out of your mouth.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not hence, from your pleasures that war in your members? Ye desire and have not, ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice.

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

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

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

But avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strife: And a servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle toward all men,

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour; 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 once walked, when ye lived in them. But now put ye also all these things off, anger, wrath, ill-nature, evil speaking, filthy discourse 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 clamour, and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted; forgiving one another; as God also for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be liable to the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be liable to hell-fire.

A bishop therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of good behaviour, hospitable, apt to teach;

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain:

serious, prudent, sound in faith, love, patience:

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