Bible Verses about 'Anger'

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• A gentle reply turns away wrath,
  but a harsh word arouses anger.
  Proverbs 15:1speakinggentlenessanger
• The Lord is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
  Psalm 103:8gracelovepatience
• A fool gives free rein to his anger,
  but a wise man bides his time and calms it.
  Proverbs 29:11angerwisdomself-control
• For his anger lasts for only a moment,
  while his goodwill endures for a lifetime.
  Weeping may last throughout the night,
  but at daybreak there is rejoicing.
  Psalm 30:6lovepatiencesadness
• Return, rebel Israel, says the Lord.
  I will not look upon you in anger.
  For I am merciful, says the Lord;
  my wrath will not continue forever.
  Jeremiah 3:12bmercyangerforgiveness
• If you are angry, do not sin. Do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not give the devil an opening.
  Ephesians 4:26-27sinangerevil
• Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger.
  James 1:19speakinglisteninganger
• Seek the Lord,
  all you humble of the land
  who obey his commands.
  Seek righteousness, seek humility;
  then perhaps you may find shelter
  on the day of the Lord’s anger.
  Zephaniah 2:3seekingprotectionhumility
• A fool is quick to show his anger,
  but a prudent man ignores an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16angerself-controlwisdom
• Rend your hearts and not your garments,
  and turn back to the Lord, your God.
  For he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, rich in kindness,
  and always prepared to relent from punishing.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• The Lord is slow to anger but great in power,
  and he will never allow the guilty
  to escape punishment.
  He makes his way in whirlwind and storm,
  and the clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
  Nahum 1:3patiencestrengthpunishment
• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4lawfamilychildren
• It is better to be a patient man rather than a warrior,
  one who controls his temper rather than one who captures a city.
  Proverbs 16:32peacepatienceself-control
• What god can compare with you,
  the God who takes away guilt
  and forgives the transgressions
  of the remnant of your people?
  You will not allow your anger to fester forever,
  for your delight is in bestowing mercy.
  Micah 7:18sinmercyforgiveness
• A patient man shows good sense,
  but a quick-tempered man displays the height of folly.
  Proverbs 14:29wisdompatienceunderstanding
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• Love is patient;
  love is charitable.
  Love is not envious;
  it does not have an inflated opinion of itself;
  it is not filled with its own importance.
  Love is never rude;
  it does not seek its own advantage.
  It is not prone to anger;
  neither does it brood over setbacks.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
• You shall not oppress the widow or the orphan. If you mistreat them and they cry out to me for help, I will surely hear their cry, and my fury will burn and I will put you to death by the sword. Your wives will be widows and your children will be orphans.
  Exodus 22:21-23widowsorphans
• Dearly beloved, never seek revenge. Leave that to the time of retribution. For it is written, “Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay.”
  Romans 12:19angerpunishmentjudgment
• The Lord watches over the stranger
  and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
  but he blocks the way of the wicked.
  Psalm 146:9protectionorphanswidows
• Let mutual love continue, and do not forget to offer hospitality to strangers, for by doing this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  Hebrews 13:1-2lovegentlenessneighbor
• The prudent man perceives danger and seeks shelter,
  while the simple continue forward and pay the penalty.
  Proverbs 27:12mindsafetyprotection
• He was despised and shunned by others,
  a man of sorrows who was no stranger to suffering.
  We loathed him and regarded him as of no account,
  as one from whom men avert their gaze.
  Isaiah 53:3sufferingJesussickness
• Who then can separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
  Romans 8:35lovesufferingpersecution
• As a result, you are no longer strangers and foreigners. Rather, you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
  Ephesians 2:19-20Jesuskingdomprophecy