31 Bible Verses about Angry People

but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.

And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.

And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.

And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?"

If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.

And David was angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.

then, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, 'Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

And the king of Israel went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.

But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, "Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.

Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.

But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.

I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?"

Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.

But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"