21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry; For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; And do not give way to the Evil One.

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble. For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,