Bible Verses about “fits of anger”
The Bible contains 20 verses about fits of anger across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.›”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
“¶ [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.”
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
“For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
“¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:”