Controlling Our Emotions

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

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

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

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 →

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

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

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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

throwing 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;

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

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

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

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.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. — read the full passage →

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”