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;
  his favor is for a lifetime.
  Weeping may linger for the night,
  but joy comes with the morning.
  Psalm 30:5 love patience sadness
• A fool gives full vent to anger,
  but the wise quietly holds it back.
  Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
• 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 3:12b mercy anger forgiveness
• 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 4:26-27 sin anger evil
• 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 has great understanding,
  but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
  Proverbs 14:29 wisdom patience understanding
• You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  James 1:19 speaking listening anger
• One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
  and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.
  Proverbs 16:32 peace patience self-control
• Fools show their anger at once,
  but the prudent ignore an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16 anger self-control wisdom
• And, 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 but 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
• Rend your hearts and not your clothing.
  Return to the Lord, your God,
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
  and relents from punishing.
  Joel 2:13 heart grace love
• Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
  and passing over the transgression
  of the remnant of your possession?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
  because he delights in showing clemency.
  Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness
• Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
  who do his commands;
  seek righteousness, seek humility;
  perhaps you may be hidden
  on the day of the Lord's wrath.
  Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
• 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 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.
  Exodus 22:22-24 widows orphans
• 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 12:19 anger punishment judgment
• 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 13:4-5 love patience anger