Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?
Logos Staff 5 min read September 9, 2022 https://www.logos.com/grow/7-bible-verses-about-anger/
anger [ ang-ger ]
Also called: Bitterness, Contempt, Hate,
Hatred, Resentment
A strong feeling of displeasure aroused by a wrong, whether real or
perceived.
Top Bible Verses about Anger
1. Genesis 4:4–5
and Abel also brought an offering from the choicest firstlings of his
flock. And God looked with favor to Abel and to his offering, but to Cain and
to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his
face fell. Read Genesis
4:4–5
2. Proverbs 29:22
A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much
transgression. Read Proverbs
29:22
3. Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be
subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Stupid fool!’ will be
subject to the council, and whoever says, ‘Obstinate fool!’ will be subject to
fiery hell. Read Matthew
5:2
4. Mark 3:1–5
And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered
hand was there. And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him
on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him. And he said to the man who
had the withered hand, “Come into the middle.” And he said to them, “Is it
permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?”
But they were silent. And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the
hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Read Mark 3:1–5
5. John 2:13–17
And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
And he found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and
doves, and the money changers seated. And he made a whip of cords and drove
them all out of the temple courts, both the sheep and the oxen, and he poured
out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. And to the
ones selling the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make
my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of your house has eaten me up." Read John 2:13–17
6. Galatians 5:19–21
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality,
impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy,
outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions, envy, drunkenness,
carousing, and things like these, things which I am telling you in advance,
just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit
the kingdom of God. Read Galatians 5:19–21
Understand this, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear,
slow to speak, slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish the
righteousness of God. Read James 1:19–20
Bonus: Famous Christian Quotes About Anger, Bitterness, Contempt, Hate, Hatred, Resentment.
We who formerly delighted in fornication, now embrace chastity alone; we
who formerly used magical arts, dedicate ourselves to the good and unbegotten
God; we who valued above all things the acquisition of wealth and possessions,
now bring what we have into a common stock, and communicate to everyone in
need; we who hated and destroyed one another, and on account of their different
manners would not live with men of a different tribe, now, since the coming of
Christ, live familiarly with them, and pray for our enemies, and endeavor to
persuade those who hate us unjustly to live in conformity with the good
precepts of Christ, to the end that they may become partakers with us of the
same joyful hope of a reward from God the ruler of all.
—Justin Martyr
Henceforth, I am not to act, in any respect, as my own. I shall act as
my own if I ever make use of any of my powers to anything that is not to the
glory of God, and do not make the glorifying of him my whole and entire
business—if I murmur in the least at affliction; if I grieve at the prosperity
of others; if I am in any way uncharitable; if I am angry because of injuries;
if I revenge them; if I do anything purely to please myself, or if I avoid
anything for the sake of my own ease; if I omit anything because it is great
self-denial; if I trust to myself; if I take any of the praise of the good that
I do, or that God does by me; or if I am in any way proud. —Jonathan Edwards
Desiderius Erasmus 1469 - 1536
Dishonest Reasons for Going to War
I am well aware of the excuse which men, ever ingenious in devising
mischief to themselves as well as others, offer in extenuation of their conduct
in going to war. They allege that they are compelled to it; that they are
dragged against their will to war. I answer them, deal fairly. Pull off the
mask; throw away all false colors; consult your own heart, and you will find
that anger, ambition, and folly are the compulsory force that has dragged you
to war, and not any necessity; unless indeed you call the insatiable cravings
of a covetous mind, necessity.
—Desiderius Erasmus
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