1508 verses about Anger

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies;

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,

The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”

In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger.

who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.

I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.

Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.

Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.