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Bible Verses About Controlling Anger
Find Bible verses about controlling anger — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about controlling anger?
The Bible addresses controlling anger with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 16:32
“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.”
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Ephesians 4:31
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.”
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Proverbs 14:17
“He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.”
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James 1:20
“for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.”
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Job 18:4
“You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?”
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Job 36:13
“"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.”
Esther 1:12
“But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.”
Genesis 30:2
“Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"”
Psalms 86:15
“But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.”
Exodus 34:6
“Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,”
Deuteronomy 31:17
“Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that...”
Numbers 32:10
“Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,”
Ecclesiastes 7:9
“Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.”
1 Kings 14:9
“but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:”
Proverbs 15:18
“A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.”
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Psalms 145:8 — “Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness....”
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