OVERCOMING  ANGER

 

JOB 5:2
  2    For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

 

PROVERBS 14:17
  17     ¶  [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

 

TITUS 1:7
  7    For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

 

PROVERBS 14:29
  29     ¶  [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

 

JAMES 1:19
  19     ¶  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

 

PROVERBS 15:1
  1     ¶  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

 

PROVERBS 15:18
  18     ¶  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

 

PROVERBS 20:22
  22     ¶  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

 

ROMANS 12:17
  17    Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

 

NEHEMIAH 9:17
  17    And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

 

PSALMS 103:8
  8    The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

 

PSALMS 145:8
  8    The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

 

PROVERBS 16:32
  32     ¶  [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

 

JOEL 2:13
  13    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

 

JONAH 4:2
  2    And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

 

NAHUM 1:3
  3    The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

 

PROVERBS 22:24
  24     ¶  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

 

PROVERBS 22:25
  25    Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

 

PROVERBS 25:28
  28     ¶  He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

 

PROVERBS 29:22
  22     ¶  An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

 

ECCLESIASTES 7:9
  9    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

 

COLOSSIANS 3:8
  8     ¶  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

 

PSALMS 37:8
  8    Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

 

EPHESIANS 4:26
  26    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

 

EPHESIANS 4:31
  31    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

 

EPHESIANS 4:32
  32    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

 

MATTHEW 7:1
  1     ¶  Judge not, that ye be not judged.

 

LUKE 6:37
  37     ¶  Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

 

JOHN 7:24
  24    Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

 

MATTHEW 5:5
  5    Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

 

MATTHEW 5:22
  22    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

PSALMS 76:10
  10    Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

 

JAMES 1:20
  20    For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

 

ROMANS 12:19
  19    Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.