Bible Verses About Anger Management

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

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.