Bible Verses about “harboring anger”
The Bible contains 21 verses about harboring anger across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
“¶ 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 I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›”
“Neither give place to the devil.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.”
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.”
“¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?”
“Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
“¶ 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.”
“¶ The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.”
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
“¶ [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.”
“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.”