Bible Verses about 'Anger'

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• A gentle answer turns away wrath,
  but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  Proverbs 15:1 speaking gentleness anger
• Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
  Psalm 103:8 grace love patience
• ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.’
  Jeremiah 3:12b mercy anger forgiveness
• For his anger is but for a moment.
  His favor is for a lifetime.
  Weeping may stay for the night,
  but joy comes in the morning.
  Psalm 30:5 love patience sadness
• A fool vents all of his anger,
  but a wise man brings himself under control.
  Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
• But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,
  slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
  Psalm 86:15 God compassion grace
• One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
  one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:32 peace patience self-control
• He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
  but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  Proverbs 14:29 wisdom patience understanding
• So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
  James 1:19 speaking listening anger
• Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
  Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
• Tear your heart and not your garments,
  and turn to Yahweh, your God;
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
  and relents from sending calamity.
  Joel 2:13 heart grace love
• Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh 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 don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil.
  Ephesians 4:26-27 sin anger evil
• Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,
  and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?
  He doesn’t retain his anger forever,
  because he delights in loving kindness.
  Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness
• You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4 law family children
• A fool shows his annoyance the same day,
  but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
  Proverbs 12:16 anger self-control wisdom
• Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  Exodus 22:22-24 widows orphans
• Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
  Romans 12:19 anger punishment judgment
• Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger