Anger Management
10 passages
- Ephesians 4:26–27
26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.
Read it in context - James 1:19–20
19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
Read it in context - Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:11
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:8
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Read it in context - James 4:1–2
1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? 2You 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.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:32
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.
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