14 Bible Verses About Anger
14 Bible verses about Anger to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
Be sure of this, my dear brothers and sisters. Every person should be eager to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
If you become angry, do not let it lead you into sin. Do not let the sunset find you still angry, and do not give the devil an opening.
A gentle reply calms anger, but a hurtful word makes tempers flare.
Patience shows great understanding, but a quick temper puts folly on display.
But now put all these away, every one: anger, bursts of temper, malice, slander, and foul words from your mouths.
Patience is worth more than a warrior’s strength, and self-control more than conquering a city.
Fools vent all their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
Do not let your spirit be quick to anger, for anger makes its home in the heart of fools.
Let go of anger and leave rage behind. Do not get heated; it can end only in wrongdoing.
Good sense makes a person patient, and it is to their credit to overlook an offense.
Where do the wars and the fights among you come from? Do they not come from here, from your pleasures that are at war inside you?
Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Step aside and let God’s wrath do its work, for it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Do not make friends with someone hot-tempered, and do not keep company with those quick to rage, or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your own life.
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will have to answer for it in court. Anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘You empty-head,’ will answer to the high council. And anyone who says, ‘You fool,’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.