You’ve had one of those days. You know 'em. The kind where you wake up late and have nothing to wear to work. Once at work, your boss is on your case for a project you found out about just this morning, you get stuck in traffic on the way home, and then your house is abuzz with demands and noises and it’s all about to send you over the edge. Anger is rising and you can feel that the next person that asks you for something is going to get it. When you finally do snap, you feel guilty and wonder how you let yourself get to this point again. Where can you go when your struggle with anger feels like a daily…maybe even hourly occurrence? God’s Word! Scripture points us to the danger and foolishness of anger, but it also directs us with Bible verses about peace, Bible verses about stress, and Bible verses about perseverance. And not all anger is bad. Jesus got angry, but angry for the right reasons: the things that dishonored God and people taking advantage of others. Let these verses lead you to healing, peace, and the right kind of anger.
1Psalm 37:8
"Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil."
2Psalm 86:15
"But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness."
3Proverbs 14:29
"Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."
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4Proverbs 15:1
"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
5Proverbs 15:18
"A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention."
6Proverbs 22:24
"Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man."
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7Proverbs 29:22
"A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression."
8Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools."
92 Timothy 2:22
"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."
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10Ecclesiastes 10:4
"If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest."
11Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger..."
12Isaiah 57:21
" 'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.' "
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13Ephesians 4:31
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice."
14Ephesians 6:4
"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
15Colossians 3:8
"But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth."
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16Colossians 3:15
"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."
171 Timothy 2:8
"I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling..."
18James 1:19
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger..."
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19James 1:20
"...for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God."
20Psalm 34:14
"Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it."
