Bible Verses About Anger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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

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

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

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

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

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

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

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

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.

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

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

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

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

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.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

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

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

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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

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

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

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.