What the Bible Says About Anger

When struggling with feelings of anger towards another, it helps to remember how Jesus responded to those who crucified Him. “Father, forgive them,” He said, “for they know not what they do.”

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“He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.“

                                        (Proverbs 14:29)

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.“   

                                               (Psalm 37:8)

“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.”

                                          (Proverbs 15:1)

“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 1:20)

“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”

                                       (Ephesians 4:26)

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It takes two flints to make a fire.”

                                    (Louisa May Alcott)

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

                             (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”                               

                                                    (Seneca)

“Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.”

                                    (Benjamin Franklin)

“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.”

                                          (Thomas Fuller)

“Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind.”

                            (Robert Green Ingersoll)

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

                                       (Ambrose Pierce)

“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at him.”

                                               (Louis Nizer)

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

                                           (Indira Gandhi)

“People who fight fire with fire end up with ashes.”

                                    (Abigail Van Buren)

“Anger can be an expensive luxury.”

                                          (Italian proverb)