14 Verses on Dealing with Anger

 Ephesians 4:26-27

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

James 1:19-20Know 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 29:11A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

James 1:20For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 19:11Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Colossians 3:8But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

James 4:1-2What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Matthew 5:22But 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 27:4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 14:29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 25:28A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

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