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Anger Self Control
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Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.
And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →
A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. — read the full passage →
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →
but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:
as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: — read the full passage →
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.
knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.
Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; — read the full passage →
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