Bible Verses about 'Anger'

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• A soft answer turns away wrath,
  but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  Proverbs 15:1 speaking gentleness anger
• The Lord is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
  Psalm 103:8 grace love patience
• For his anger is but for a moment,
  and his favor is for a lifetime.
  Weeping may tarry for the night,
  but joy comes with the morning.
  Psalm 30:5 love patience sadness
• Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
  Ephesians 4:26-27 sin anger evil
• Return, faithless Israel,
  declares the Lord.
  I will not look on you in anger,
  for I am merciful,
  declares the Lord;
  I will not be angry forever.
  Jeremiah 3:12b mercy anger forgiveness
• But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  Psalm 86:15 God compassion grace
• Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
  and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:32 peace patience self-control
• Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
  but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
  Proverbs 14:29 wisdom patience understanding
• Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  James 1:19 speaking listening anger
• Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
  who do his just commands;
  seek righteousness; seek humility;
  perhaps you may be hidden
  on the day of the anger of the Lord.
  Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4 law family children
• The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
  and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
  His way is in whirlwind and storm,
  and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  Nahum 1:3 patience strength punishment
• And rend your hearts and not your garments.
  Return to the Lord your God,
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
  and he relents over disaster.
  Joel 2:13 heart grace love
• A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
  but a wise man quietly holds it back.
  Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
• Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
  and passing over transgression
  for the remnant of his inheritance?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
  because he delights in steadfast love.
  Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness
• The vexation of a fool is known at once,
  but the prudent ignores an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16 anger self-control wisdom
• Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
  Exodus 22:22-24 widows orphans
• Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
  Romans 12:19 anger punishment judgment
• Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger