1508 verses about Anger

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”

“Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity;

don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

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.

Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.

For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn’t come.’

Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.

After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.

The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”

The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.

“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.

Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

“Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

“Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.

Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.