Topic
Controlling Your Anger
100 verses · ranked by helpfulness
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, 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 God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →
Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. — read the full passage →
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →
Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?
make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →
And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →
And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. — read the full passage →
But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? — read the full passage →
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? — read the full passage →
And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. — read the full passage →
For many walk, of whom I 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 imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: — read the full passage →
Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer; — read the full passage →
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. — read the full passage →
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: — read the full passage →
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him? — read the full passage →
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
and in him ye are made full, who 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 irksome, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. — read the full passage →
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the 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 the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them. — read the full passage →
And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. — read the full passage →
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who 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 →
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →
thou therefore that 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 a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; — read the full passage →
Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. — read the full passage →
And he said, That which proceedeth 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 outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking 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 delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →
But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine. — read the full passage →
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together 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 the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. — read the full passage →
And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →
And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. — read the full passage →
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power. — read the full passage →
And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →
Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. — read the full passage →
Thou hypocrite, cast out first 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 Jehovah to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are 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 →
Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Whichis in order unto the fear of thee. — read the full passage →
Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one. — read the full passage →
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. — 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 →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.