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Top 17 Bible Verses-Controlling Anger

Anger! Top 17 Bible Verses-Controlling Anger …

Top 17 Bible Verses-Controlling Anger

Ever been angry?

Of course!

Who hasn’t been angry?

But what should we do when we are angry?

Check out these Top 17 Bible Verses-Controlling Anger …

Ephesians 4:26-27

…do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

James 1:19-20

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

James 1:20

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Proverbs 16:32

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 14:17

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

Psalm 37:8-9

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Colossians 3:13

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Ephesians 4:31-32

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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