Psalm 4:4 (Amplified Bible)
Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not; commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your hearts). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Psalm 37:8 (Amplified Bible) Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself--it tends only to evildoing. Proverbs 12:16 (Amplified Bible) A fool's wrath is quickly and openly known, but a prudent man ignores an insult. Proverbs 14:29 (Amplified Bible) He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly. Proverbs 15:1 (Amplified Bible) A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:18 (Amplified Bible) A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention. Proverbs 16:32 (Amplified Bible) He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. Proverbs 17:28 (Amplified Bible) Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding. Proverbs 19:11 (Amplified Bible) Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. Proverbs 21:23 (Amplified Bible) He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. Proverbs 29:11 (Amplified Bible) A [self-confident] fool utters all his anger, but a wise man holds it back and stills it. Proverbs 29:22 (Amplified Bible) A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression. Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (Amplified Bible) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. Galatians 5:19-23 (Amplified Bible) Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 4:26-27 (Amplified Bible) When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down. Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him]. Colossians 3:8 (Amplified Bible) But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips! James 1:19 (Amplified Bible) Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. 1 Peter 3:10 (Amplified Bible) For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good--whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). |
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