Anger

(New King James Version)

Proverbs 14:29.
 

He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
 

Proverbs 15:1.
 

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
 

Proverbs 22:24-25.
 

Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.
 

Ecclesiastes 7:9.
 

Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
 

Matthew 5:22.
 

"But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.
 

Galatians 5:19-21.
 

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.
 

Ephesians 4:26.
 

"Be angry, and do not sin ": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
 

Ephesians 4:31.
 

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
 

Ephesians 6:4.
 

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
 

Colossians 3:8.
 

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
 

1 Timothy 2:8.
 

I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
 

Titus 1:7.
 

For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
 

James 1:19-20.
 

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
 


 

 

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