Bible Verses about Anger

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• Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil.
  Ephesians 4:26-27sinevildevil
• Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceselfishness
• You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
  Leviticus 19:17-18lovegentlenessneighbor
• Hatred stirs up strife,
  but love covers all offenses.
  Proverbs 10:12loveevil
• A soft answer turns away wrath,
  but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  Proverbs 15:1speakinggentleness
• You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  James 1:19speakinglisteningself-control
• Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
  but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
  Proverbs 14:29wisdompatienceunderstanding
• A fool gives full vent to anger,
  but the wise quietly holds it back.
  Proverbs 29:11wisdomself-control
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Fools show their anger at once,
  but the prudent ignore an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16self-controlwisdom
• By insolence the heedless make strife,
  but wisdom is with those who take advice.
  Proverbs 13:10wisdom
• It is honorable to refrain from strife,
  but every fool is quick to quarrel.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeace
• Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
  Hebrews 3:12evilheartneighbor
• Return, faithless Israel,
  says the Lord.
  I will not look on you in anger,
  for I am merciful,
  says the Lord;
  I will not be angry forever.
  Jeremiah 3:12bmercyforgivenessgrace
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
  Romans 12:19punishmentjudgment