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Bible verses about anger
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The Bible is not uniformly negative about anger. Proverbs counsels slowness to anger; the Psalms contain some remarkably direct anger, expressed rather than hidden; and the New Testament letters distinguish between being angry and acting badly because of it.
The passages below reflect that range. Anger at genuine injustice and anger that has become corrosive are not the same thing, and this page does not treat them as if they were.
8 passages
Each shows its reference and translation, and links to the chapter it comes from.
19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
26“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, 27and don’t give place to the devil.
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offence.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible British Edition, which is in the public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.