Controlling Your Anger

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

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

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

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

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

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

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — 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.

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 →

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

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

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. — read the full passage →

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, — 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 →

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.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” — read the full passage →

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

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

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. — read the full passage →

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, — read the full passage →

Be 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 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.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table. — read the full passage →

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

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 →

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

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 →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer; — read the full passage →

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: — read the full passage →

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? — read the full passage →

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

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

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

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

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will 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 has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. — read the full passage →

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. — read the full passage →

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. — read the full passage →

For I delight in God’s law 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 →

You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal? — read the full passage →

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; — read the full passage →

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

“Anyone who attacks 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 →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →

Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.” — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. — read the full passage →

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

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. — read the full passage →

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power.” — read the full passage →

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. — read the full passage →

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye. — read the full passage →

An oracle: Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her. — read the full passage →

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools. — read the full passage →

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. — read the full passage →

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. — read the full passage →

Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. — read the full passage →

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

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — read the full passage →