anger self control
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19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
9The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.
26“Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger.
27Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
32A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.
28Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.
24For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,
22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
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.
11A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
11The doctrine of a man is known through patience. And his glory is to pass beyond iniquities.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
23meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.
19Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away. 20And then, when the time of consolation will have arrived from the presence of the Lord, he will send the One who was foretold to you, Jesus Christ, 21whom heaven certainly must take up, until the time of the restoration of all things, which God has spoken of by the mouth of his holy prophets, from ages past.