What Does the Bible Say About Managing Anger?

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, ...

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Numbers 13:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; ...

15 Bible Verses about Managing Anger

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 13:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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15 Bible Verses about Managing Anger

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Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 13:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes