Bible Verses About Harboring Anger
Bible verses about Harboring anger, from the Berean Standard Bible.
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold.”
“But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”
“A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.”
“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.”
“A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.”
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.”
“A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.”
“A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.”
“Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret— it can only bring harm.”
“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”
“For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
“What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.”
“But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”