21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou -- who art thou that dost judge the other?

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,