anger management
What does the Bible say about anger management? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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26“Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger. 27Provide no place for the devil.
19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger. 20For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.
11A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
11The doctrine of a man is known through patience. And his glory is to pass beyond iniquities.
20For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.
1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
9The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.
8But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
18A short-tempered man provokes conflicts. Whoever is patient tempers those who are stirred up.
1Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members? 2You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.
32A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.
17The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.
26“Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger.
31Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.
19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
8Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious. 9For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.
22But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.
16The senseless immediately reveals his anger. But whoever ignores injuries is clever.
24Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,