Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About being anger
15 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about being anger? Browse 15 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 15:1 |
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| King James (KJV) | “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” |
15 Key Scriptures
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
Psalms 37:8KJV
“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
James 1:19KJV
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.”
“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. hasty: Heb. short of spirit”
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
James 1:20KJV
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. discretion: or, prudence”
“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
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