Topic

Being Angry

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Ephesians 4:26–27

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, — read the full passage →

James 1:19–20

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 29:8–18

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:14–13:2

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. — read the full passage →

Psalms 145:8

Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

John 16:33

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

Luke 15:7

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

1 Peter 5:1–14

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 1:9

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Luke 21:12–22

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:34–45

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. — read the full passage →

Daniel 9:3–11:14

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 18:19–32

Yet you say, Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live. — read the full passage →

Matthew 22:10–23:32

Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. — read the full passage →

Matthew 21:12–31

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. — read the full passage →

Micah 3:5–4:9

Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 6:16–7:18

Thus says Yahweh, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ — read the full passage →

Isaiah 35:8–37:1

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:8–4:12

You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet. — read the full passage →

Matthew 11:1–30

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. — read the full passage →

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Isaiah 53:9

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 48:22–51:7

“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.” — read the full passage →

Isaiah 25:1–26:21

Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 10:12–20

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:24–28

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 15:18–16:32

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 9:7–11:16

He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:42–51

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. — read the full passage →

Psalms 118:1–29

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. — read the full passage →

Psalms 25:1–26:12

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Job 18:4–19:14

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? — read the full passage →

Job 5:1–6:30

“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? — read the full passage →

Nehemiah 5:6–9

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

2 Samuel 16:1–17:29

When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 20:1–42

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 16:23–17:29

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the 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

Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 4:24–6:5

For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 5:18–19

He shall bring a ram without defect from of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn’t know it, and he will be forgiven. — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:19–34:14

As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain. — read the full passage →

Exodus 11:7–13:17

But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. — read the full passage →

Genesis 49:5–10

“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:23–4:13

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; — read the full passage →

Romans 10:19–12:21

But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.” — read the full passage →

Romans 5:1–21

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Malachi 2:16–4:1

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:22–30:17

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 17:9–27

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. — read the full passage →

Joshua 2:24–3:5

They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.” — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:4–12

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. — read the full passage →

Revelation 17:8–14

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present. — read the full passage →

Revelation 6:2–11

And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

Jude 1:8–22

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:20–5:18

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:14–13:23

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:10–4:10

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Romans 14:12–15:13

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

Romans 7:9–8:39

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. — read the full passage →

John 3:27–36

John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. — read the full passage →

John 2:13–25

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

John 1:5–23

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. — read the full passage →

Matthew 17:5–18:35

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.” — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:6–7:5

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 32:17–33:17

Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you, — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:14

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

Ecclesiastes 7:1–29

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

Proverbs 25:5–26:10

Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 19:11–20:7

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 18:1–19:29

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:16–34

A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:1–24

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 79:1–13

God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in 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, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:7–14:12

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. — read the full passage →

James 1:7–5:19

For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 1:9–6:8

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

John 13:18–18:36

I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’ — read the full passage →

Luke 7:47–10:42

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” — read the full passage →

Amos 3:7–6:14

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 58:1–60:22

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 9:1–12:6

But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 2:1–4:27

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; — read the full passage →

Psalms 110:1–113:9

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.” — read the full passage →

Psalms 4:1–7:17

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Acts 2:25–7:58

For David says concerning him, ‘I saw 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, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! — 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 bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 30:1–37:40

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 10:1–23:6

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

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