21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.

Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things [there] is no law.

Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, nor give place to the devil.

If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.

Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law]. There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness. Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?

He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, [because you] know that they produce quarrels. And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,