Psalm 37:8
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8 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath.
Do not fret—it leads only to evil.(A)
Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)
Proverbs 16:32
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.(A)
Ephesians 4:31
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31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.(A)
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Ephesians 4:26
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26 Be angry but do not sin;[a] do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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- 4.26 Or If you are angry, do not sin
James 3:14-18
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14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(A) 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(B) 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(C) 18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(D)
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- 3.18 Or justice
James 1:19-20
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A) 20 for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness.[a]
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- 1.20 Or justice
Colossians 3:8
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8 But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive[a] language from your mouth.(A)
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- 3.8 Or filthy
Job 5:2
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2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.(A)
Luke 9:54-55
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54 When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”[a](A) 55 But he turned and rebuked them.
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- 9.54 Other ancient authorities add as Elijah did
Jonah 4:1
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Jonah 4:9
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Jonah Is Reproved
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”
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Psalm 31:22
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22 I had said in my alarm,
“I am driven far[a] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
when I cried out to you for help.(A)
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Job 18:4
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4 You who tear yourself in your anger—
shall the earth be forsaken because of you
or the rock be removed out of its place?(A)
Jeremiah 20:14-15
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14 Cursed be the day
on which I was born!
The day when my mother bore me,
let it not be blessed!(A)
15 Cursed be the man
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A child is born to you, a son,”
making him very glad.(B)
Psalm 116:11
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11 I said in my consternation,
“Everyone is a liar.”(A)
Psalm 73:15
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15 If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,”
I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
1 Samuel 25:21-23
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21 Now David had said, “Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.(A) 22 God do so to David[a] and more also if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”(B)
23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from the donkey and fell before David on her face, bowing to the ground.(C)
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- 25.22 Gk Compare Syr: Heb the enemies of David
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