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Ephesians 4:26 (NIV)

“In your anger do not sin” : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

James 1:19 (NIV)

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

James 1:20 (NIV)

because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Ephesians 4:31 (NIV)

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)

A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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.

Psalms 37:8 (NIV)

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Proverbs 14:29 (NIV)

Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9 (NIV)

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Proverbs 29:11 (NIV)

Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.

Proverbs 16:32 (NIV)

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 15:18 (NIV)

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Romans 12:19 (NIV)

Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

Colossians 3:8 (NIV)

But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

2 Kings 3:27 (NIV)

Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.

Romans 12:20 (NIV)

On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Revelation 15:1 (NIV)

I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed.

Revelation 15:2 (NIV)

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God

2 Kings 3:26 (NIV)

When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.

Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NIV)

If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.

Romans 3:4 (NIV)

Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”

Romans 3:5 (NIV)

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)

Revelation 11:8 (NIV)

Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.