But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John Preaches to the People

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.)

because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.

Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.

For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

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

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.