Getting Upset

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

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

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

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

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

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

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. — read the full passage →

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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.

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 by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

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.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. — read the full passage →

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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. — read the full passage →

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

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

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

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

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

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — 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.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

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