Bible Verses About Anger
Scripture for the hot moment and the long grudge — wisdom for handling anger God's way.
Anger is not always sin — but it is always a fire that needs watching. The Bible takes anger seriously: it names its dangers, sets its limits, and points to a gentler strength.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
The speed settings for a peaceable life: quick ears, slow tongue, slower temper.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Anger given a curfew — deal with it before the day ends.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
The soft answer is not weakness; it is firefighting.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Heaven's ranking: self-rule outranks conquest.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Anger that settles in has found the wrong home.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Discretion slows anger, and overlooking an offence is called glory.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Anger listed among the clothes the new life takes off.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Cease from anger — because fretting only ever bends toward evil.
Anger tells you something matters; it rarely tells you what to do next. Bring the heat to God first — he listens well, cools what needs cooling, and gives back the strength that stays gentle.
