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What Does The Bible Say About: Anger Series
Contributed by Michael Monica on Jan 12, 2020 (message contributor)
Summary: What does the Bible have to say about anger?
Proverbs 14:29 ESV
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
James 1:20 ESV
For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 4:26 ESV
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Proverbs 15:1 ESV
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
James 1:19 ESV
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Proverbs 19:11 ESV
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
"Anger, in our hearts and lives, leads us down a path that God has not intended for us. He shows us the way by the light of his word and mercy of his son, Jesus."