Topic

Being Angry

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Ephesians 4:26–27

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

James 1:19–20

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:8

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

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 29:8–18

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:14–13:2

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. — read the full passage →

Psalms 145:8

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Proverbs 26:20

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

1 Peter 5:1–14

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Galatians 2:20

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Luke 21:12–22

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:34–45

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. — read the full passage →

Daniel 9:3–11:14

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 18:19–32

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. — read the full passage →

Matthew 22:10–23:32

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. — read the full passage →

Matthew 21:12–31

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, — read the full passage →

Micah 3:5–4:9

Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 6:16–7:18

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 35:8–37:1

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:8–4:12

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. — read the full passage →

Matthew 11:1–30

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. — read the full passage →

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Isaiah 53:9

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 48:22–51:7

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 25:1–26:21

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 10:12–20

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:24–28

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 15:18–16:32

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 9:7–11:16

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:42–51

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. — read the full passage →

Psalms 118:1–29

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

Psalms 25:1–26:12

Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Job 18:4–19:14

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? — read the full passage →

Job 5:1–6:30

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? — read the full passage →

Nehemiah 5:6–9

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 16:1–17:29

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 20:1–42

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 16:23–17:29

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 28:25–34

The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 4:24–6:5

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 5:18–19

And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:19–34:14

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. — read the full passage →

Exodus 11:7–13:17

But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. — read the full passage →

Genesis 49:5–10

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:23–4:13

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: — read the full passage →

Romans 10:19–12:21

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. — read the full passage →

Romans 5:1–21

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Malachi 2:16–4:1

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:22–30:17

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 17:9–27

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. — read the full passage →

Joshua 2:24–3:5

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:4–12

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. — read the full passage →

Revelation 17:8–14

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. — read the full passage →

Revelation 6:2–11

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

Jude 1:8–22

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:20–5:18

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:14–13:23

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:10–4:10

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Romans 14:12–15:13

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:9–8:39

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. — read the full passage →

John 3:27–36

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — read the full passage →

John 2:13–25

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

John 1:5–23

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. — read the full passage →

Matthew 17:5–18:35

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:6–7:5

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 32:17–33:17

Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:14

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 7:1–29

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 25:5–26:10

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 19:11–20:7

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 18:1–19:29

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:16–34

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:1–24

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 79:1–13

O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. — read the full passage →

Psalms 46:1–11

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

Esther 8:1–17

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:7–14:12

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. — read the full passage →

James 1:7–5:19

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 1:9–6:8

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

John 13:18–18:36

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. — read the full passage →

Luke 7:47–10:42

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. — read the full passage →

Amos 3:7–6:14

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 58:1–60:22

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 9:1–12:6

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 2:1–4:27

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Psalms 110:1–113:9

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. — read the full passage →

Psalms 4:1–7:17

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Acts 2:25–7:58

For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: — read the full passage →

Psalms 69:1–73:28

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. — read the full passage →

Psalms 55:3–61:3

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 30:1–37:40

I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 10:1–23:6

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

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