Anger: General Scriptures Concerning
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Genesis 4:6
“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 19:29
then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
Psalm 37:8
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
Psalm 55:3
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
Psalm 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 14:17, 29
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated. / A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 15:1, 18
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. / A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Proverbs 16:14, 29, 32
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. / A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good. / He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Proverbs 19:11, 12, 19
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. / A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. / A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
Proverbs 21:24
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
Proverbs 22:24, 25
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, / or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 25:28
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Proverbs 27:3, 4
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. / Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8, 9, 22
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. / If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. / An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
Jonah 4:4
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Galatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:26, 31
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, / Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Titus 1:7
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
James 1:19, 20
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, / for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.