Topic
Controlling Your Anger
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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.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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.
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:
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →
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.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — read the full passage →
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. — read the full passage →
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. — read the full passage →
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. — read the full passage →
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
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 →
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. — read the full passage →
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — 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 →
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, — read the full passage →
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — 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.
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — 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 when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. — read the full passage →
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →
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.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →
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 →
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; — 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 →
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. — read the full passage →
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: — read the full passage →
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? — read the full passage →
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: — read the full passage →
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. — read the full passage →
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. — read the full passage →
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) — read the full passage →
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. — read the full passage →
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. — read the full passage →
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. — read the full passage →
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: — read the full passage →
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? — read the full passage →
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — read the full passage →
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; — read the full passage →
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. — read the full passage →
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. — read the full passage →
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: — read the full passage →
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. — read the full passage →
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. — read the full passage →
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. — read the full passage →
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. — read the full passage →
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. — read the full passage →
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →
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 →
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. — read the full passage →
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. — read the full passage →
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. — read the full passage →
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. — read the full passage →
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. — read the full passage →
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. — read the full passage →
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. — read the full passage →
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. — read the full passage →
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →
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