Anger is a powerful emotion that is addressed extensively throughout the Bible. It is depicted both as a natural human response and as a potential source of sin when not controlled. The Scriptures provide guidance on how to manage anger and warn of its dangers.

Divine Anger: The Bible often speaks of God's righteous anger, which is a response to sin and injustice. In Exodus 34:6-7, God describes Himself as "compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin." This passage highlights that God's anger is tempered by His mercy and patience.

Human Anger: Human anger, unlike divine anger, is frequently cautioned against in Scripture. James 1:19-20 advises, "My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man's anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires." This passage underscores the importance of restraint and the potential for anger to lead away from righteousness.

Warnings Against Anger: Proverbs offers numerous warnings about the dangers of anger. Proverbs 14:29 states, "A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly." Similarly, Proverbs 29:11 notes, "A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back." These verses emphasize the wisdom in controlling one's temper and the folly associated with unchecked anger.

Anger and Sin: The New Testament further elaborates on the relationship between anger and sin. Ephesians 4:26-27 instructs, "Be angry, yet do not sin. Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold." This passage acknowledges that anger itself is not inherently sinful, but it can lead to sin if not resolved promptly.

Forgiveness and Reconciliation: The Bible encourages believers to seek reconciliation and forgiveness as a remedy for anger. In Matthew 5:23-24, Jesus teaches, "Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift." This instruction highlights the priority of mending relationships over religious rituals.

The Example of Christ: Jesus Christ serves as the ultimate example of righteous anger. In Mark 3:5, Jesus looks around at the Pharisees "with anger, grieved by their hardness of heart," before healing a man on the Sabbath. His anger was directed at injustice and was accompanied by compassion and a desire to heal.

Practical Guidance: Colossians 3:8 advises believers to "put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth." This directive encourages Christians to actively rid themselves of anger and its associated behaviors, promoting a life of peace and holiness.

The Bible's teachings on anger provide a framework for understanding and managing this complex emotion. By following biblical principles, believers are encouraged to reflect God's character in their responses to anger, seeking to embody patience, forgiveness, and love.Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen?
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Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
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Job 5:2
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
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Job 19:29
Be you afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.
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Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.
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Psalm 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity on me, and in wrath they hate me.
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Psalm 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain.
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Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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Proverbs 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame.
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Proverbs 14:17,29
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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Proverbs 15:1,18
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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Proverbs 16:14,29,32
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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Proverbs 19:11,12,19
The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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Proverbs 21:24
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath.
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Proverbs 22:24,25
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
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Proverbs 25:28
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
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Proverbs 27:3,4
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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Proverbs 29:8,9,22
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
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Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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Amos 1:11
Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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Jonah 4:4
Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry?
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
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2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found to you such as you would not: lest there be debates, contentions, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, arrogance, tumults:
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Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Ephesians 4:26,31
Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath:
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Colossians 3:8
But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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James 1:19,20
Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Dr. Martin Luther Concerning Penitence and Indulgences.
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Concerning "Peace" and what is Meant by "Very Being" Itself, "Very ...
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anger and in ... confirmation drawn from the holy testimony of the Scriptures. ...
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The Cavils of the Pharisees Concerning Purification, and the ...
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Concerning the Lord's Supper
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On Sin in Believers
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Concerning Salutations and Recreations, &C.
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