Controlling Anger

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

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

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

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

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Let brotherly love continue.

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. — read the full passage →

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

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

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. — read the full passage →

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. — read the full passage →

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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

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

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. — read the full passage →

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; — read the full passage →

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: — read the full passage →

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: — read the full passage →

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? — read the full passage →

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? — read the full passage →

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. — read the full passage →

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; — read the full passage →

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; — read the full passage →