Bible Verses About Anger
Read important Bible verses about anger. Discover scripture on managing anger, self-control, and finding peace when dealing with frustration.
James 1:19–20
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires."
Ephesians 4:26–27
""In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold."
Ephesians 4:31
"Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice."
Colossians 3:8
"But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips."
Proverbs 15:1
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Proverbs 15:18
"A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel."
Proverbs 14:29
"Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly."
Proverbs 29:11
"Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end."
Proverbs 29:22
"An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins."
Proverbs 22:24–25
"Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared."
Proverbs 30:33
"For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
Proverbs 12:16
"Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult."
Proverbs 29:8
"Mockers stir up a city, but the wise turn away anger."
Psalm 37:8
"Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil."
Matthew 5:22
"But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell."
Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools."
Ecclesiastes 10:4
"If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest."
Nahum 1:3
"The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet."
Exodus 34:6
"And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,""
Psalm 103:8
"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love."
Joel 2:13
"Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity."
Numbers 14:18
"'The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.'"
Jonah 4:4
"But the Lord replied, "Is it right for you to be angry?""
Jonah 4:9
"But God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" "It is," he said. "And I'm so angry I wish I were dead.""