65 verses about anger from the King James Version, the most loved first.
Wherefore, 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.
Let 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.
James 1:19-20Wherefore, 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…
Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 4:31-32Let 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…
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Colossians 3:8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 John 3:13-15Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not…
1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he…
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Matthew 5:43-44Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that…
Luke 6:27-28But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use…
Proverbs 6:16-19These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An…
Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
John 15:18-19If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of…
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 19:11-12The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his…
Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs 21:24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs 22:24-25Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Proverbs 27:3-4A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to…
Proverbs 29:8-9Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is…
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his…
Galatians 5:19-21Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance…
1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because…
Job 19:29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Psalms 55:3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 14:17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Hosea 7:16They 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…
Amos 1:11Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother…
Romans 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates…
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
1 John 2:9-11He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there…
Psalms 25:19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 26:24-26He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations…
Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
John 15:23-25He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they…
Exodus 23:5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Job 31:29-30If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a…
Psalms 34:21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Psalms 89:23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Proverbs 25:17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 29:10The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and…
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Proverbs 25:28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Judges 12:4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites…
2 Samuel 19:43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did…
Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Psalms 35:13-14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I behaved…
Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
1 John 3:10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not…
Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.
Questions people ask.
What does the Bible say about anger?
The Bible speaks to anger in verses such as James 1:19-20, “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”, and Ephesians 4:26, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath” (King James Version).
Which Bible verses about anger are most loved?
Among the most loved is James 1:19-20, “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” Others are Ephesians 4:26, Proverbs 15:1 and Ephesians 4:31-32.