20 Bible Verses about

Overcoming Anger

Proverbs 29:8 BSB

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Proverbs 29:11 BSB

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

Psalm 103:9 BSB

He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

Psalm 90:7 BSB

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

Psalm 85:3 BSB

You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

Psalm 95:11 BSB

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Proverbs 15:1 BSB

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ephesians 4:26 BSB

“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

Proverbs 12:16 BSB

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

James 1:20 BSB

for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Isaiah 10:5 BSB

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Ephesians 4:31 BSB

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Isaiah 10:25 BSB

For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

Matthew 18:34 BSB

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

James 4:7 BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 BSB

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

1 John 1:9 BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Acts 3:19 BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Luke 13:3 BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

2 Peter 3:9 BSB

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

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