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Anger is not always sin — but it is never safe to keep. Scripture shows how to hand it over.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26–27 · KJVWherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James 1:19–20 · KJVA soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 · KJVLet all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:31–32 · KJVA fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 29:11 · KJVCease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalm 37:8 · KJVHe that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 14:29 · KJVBut now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:8 · KJVHe that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 16:32 · KJVDearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 12:19 · KJVBe not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 · KJVThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs 19:11 · KJVEvery verse is quoted from the King James Version. Tap a reference to read it in context and compare it in other free translations.