Bible Verses about โbeing angerโ
The Bible contains 18 verses about being anger across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โenvyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.โ
โNow the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,โ
โidolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,โ
โSo, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;โ
โLet all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.โ
โfor the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.โ
โA gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.โ
โ"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,โ
โneither give place to the devil.โ
โbut now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.โ
โA fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.โ
โCease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.โ
โOne who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.โ
โDon't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:โ
โA wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.โ
โThe discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.โ
โHe who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.โ
โDon't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.โ
