Psalms 4:4
4 aBe angry, ▼▼Or Be agitated
and do not sin;cponder in your own hearts don your beds, and be silent. Selah
Psalms 37:8
8 eRefrain from anger, and forsake wrath!fFret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
Psalms 106:30-33
30Then gPhinehas stood up and intervened,and the plague was stayed.
31And that was hcounted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.
32 They iangered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33for they jmade his spirit bitter, ▼
▼Or they rebelled against God’s Spirit
and he lspoke rashly with his lips.
Proverbs 14:29
29Whoever is mslow to anger has great understanding,but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 19:11
11 nGood sense makes one slow to anger,and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 25:23
23The north wind brings forth rain,and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
9 oBe not quick in your spirit to become angry,pfor anger lodges in the heart ▼
▼Hebrew in the bosom
of fools.Matthew 5:22
22But I say to you that reveryone who is angry with his brother ▼▼Some manuscripts insert without cause
will be liable tto judgment; whoever insults ▼▼Greek says Raca to (a term of abuse)
his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to vthe hell ▼▼Greek Gehenna; also verses 29, 30
of fire.
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