Bible Verses for When You Feel Angry

“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever?”

— Psalm 13:1-2

Even David screamed at God. Your anger is relationship.

“Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.”

— Psalm 62:8

God isn't threatened by your anger. Pour it out.

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom...yet I will rejoice in the Lord.”

— Habakkuk 3:17-18

Faith is choosing God even in the middle of anger.

“My soul is weary of my life; I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.”

— Job 10:1-2

Job demanded answers from God. You can too.

“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”

— Job 13:15

Trust beyond understanding. That's ultimate faith.

“Whom have I in heaven but thee?”

— Psalm 73:25-26

After all the anger — God is still all you have. And all you need.

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.”

— Psalm 37:8

Your anger is valid. But holding it hurts you most.

“Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

— Romans 12:19

You don't have to be the judge. God sees what was done.

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

— Ephesians 4:26-27

Feel it, release it, walk forward.

“It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it.”

— Psalm 55:12-14

Betrayal by someone close cuts deepest.

“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you.”

— Matthew 5:44

The hardest command. But it frees YOU, not them.

“Forgiving one another, even as Christ forgave you.”

— Colossians 3:13

Forgive as Christ forgave. That's the standard.

“He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”

— Psalm 103:14

You're holding yourself to a standard God never asked for.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us.”

— 1 John 1:9

If God forgives you, who are you to refuse that gift?

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”

— Romans 8:1

No condemnation. Not some. None.

“Have mercy upon me, O God; wash me throughly from mine iniquity.”

— Psalm 51:1-2

David's cry after his worst failure. God heard.

“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”

— Isaiah 1:18

Scarlet to snow. Complete transformation.

“Forgetting those things which are behind, I press toward the mark.”

— Philippians 3:13-14

Forget what's behind. Press forward.

“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted.”

— Psalm 82:3-4

Your anger at injustice is God's anger too.

“I the Lord love judgment; I hate robbery.”

— Isaiah 61:8

God is not passive about injustice.

“What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy?”

— Micah 6:8

Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.

“Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor.”

— Psalm 10:1-2

The wicked prosper. The poor suffer. God knows.

“For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints.”

— Psalm 37:28

God loves justice. He forsakes none of His own.

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed.”

— Isaiah 1:17

Channel the anger. Relieve the oppressed.