12 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.

for a man's anger does not further the righteous purpose of God.

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control; against such there is no law.

Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry; for a man's anger does not further the righteous purpose of God.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give the devil no place.

If a man thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own religion,

Do not be talking against each other, brothers. He who is talking against a brother and condemning his brothers is talking against the Law and condemning the Law. But if you are condemning the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge. But One is your Lawgiver and Judge??e who is able to save and to destroy. But you, who are you, to be condemning your neighbor?

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice; and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Where do the conflicts and quarrels that go on among you come from? Do they not come from your passions which are always making war among your bodily members?

Ever shun foolish and puerile discussions, for you know that they lead to quarrels. The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong.