Lashing Out In Anger

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another. — read the full passage →

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

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

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

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

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.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

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.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

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

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

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

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

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

He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →

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

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — 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 in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’