21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger
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Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry, and do not give the Devil an opportunity to work.
If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.
A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.
Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred. And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?
Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable; anyone who has a calm spirit is a man of understanding.
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments. A servant of the Lord must not argue. Instead, he must be kind to everyone, teachable, willing to suffer wrong,
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