39 Bible Verses about Anger Management

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

be angry and do not sin; 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,

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another; be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil;

in which also ye -- ye did walk once, when ye lived in them; but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head; Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

If thus he say: Good; peace is for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that the evil hath been determined by him;

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.