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 mercy.
  Psalm 103:8 grace love patience
• For His anger is but for a moment,
  His favor is for life;
  Weeping may endure for a night,
  But joy comes in the morning.
  Psalm 30:5 love patience sadness
• ‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
  ‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
  For I am merciful,’ says the Lord;
  ‘I will not remain angry forever.’
  Jeremiah 3:12b mercy anger forgiveness
• He who 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
• Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth,
  Who have upheld His justice.
  Seek righteousness, seek humility.
  It may be that you will be hidden
  In the day of the Lord’s anger.
  Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
• So rend your heart, and not your garments;
  Return to the Lord your God,
  For He is gracious and merciful,
  Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
  And He relents from doing harm.
  Joel 2:13 heart grace love
• The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
  And will not at all acquit the wicked.
  The Lord has His way
  In the whirlwind and in the storm,
  And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
  Nahum 1:3 patience strength punishment
• “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.
  Ephesians 4:26-27 sin anger evil
• But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
  Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
  Psalm 86:15 God compassion grace
• Who is a God like You,
  Pardoning iniquity
  And passing over the transgression
  of the remnant of His heritage?
  He does not retain His anger forever,
  Because He delights in mercy.
  Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness
• A fool vents all his feelings,
  But a wise man holds them back.
  Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
• He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
  But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
  Proverbs 14:29 wisdom patience understanding
• So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
  James 1:19 speaking listening anger
• And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4 law family children
• A fool’s wrath is known at once,
  But a prudent man covers shame.
  Proverbs 12:16 anger self-control wisdom
• Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  Exodus 22:22-24 widows orphans
• Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
  Romans 12:19 anger punishment judgment
• Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger