11 Great Scriptures On Anger

Its Cool Be Angry But Please Sin Not…

As much as we wish it wasn’t so…more times than we may like we may like we get angry. from the redunkulous line at Starbucks when you’re already late for work, to the guy that cut you off in traffic…and not to mention the girl who got your order wrong three times in the drive-thru and finally gets it right, or so you think, until you get home and open the bag in front of your anticipating five year old and realize his favorite Friday after school hot crispy nugget shaped chicken snack isn’t in the bag and suddenly you fe…..

….OK i totally had a flashback there….sorry guys…

Now where was I? oh yes!

Anger is most definitely a fact of life, but as disciples of Christ we are called to Be Angry & Sin Not….

 

Now don’t feel overwhelmed thinking you must try to keep tract of how many times  you get angry, because that of course is irrelevant. God does not want us to keep a tally of it for the purpose of beating ourselves down. Besides trying to is something like God telling Abraham to count the stars….ain’t gonna happen homeslice!  Yet, what we are called to do is beware of iniquities and take actions against them through Christ’s strength and declaring the word of God against it. As 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 says “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”

These scriptures have helped me out a lot in my walk of faith and i don’t hope, but i KNOW they will help you too! So began to utilize these scriptures as guidance and declarations when anger tries to sneak its way into your day.

Love Always,
Princess-Blu
“The Liaison”

Psalm 37:8

King James Version-KJV

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Amplified Version-AMP

Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it tends only to evildoing

The Message Version-MSG

Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse.

Psalm 103:8

King James Version-KJV

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy

Amplified Version-AMP

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness. [James 5:11.]

Common English Version-CEB

The Lord is compassionate and merciful, very patient, and full of faithful love.

Proverbs 14:29

King James Version-KJV

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly

Amplified Version-AMP

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly. [Prov. 16:32; James 1:19.]

Common English Version-CEB

Patience leads to abundant understanding, but impatience leads to stupid mistakes

Proverbs 15:1

King James Version-KJV

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Amplified Version-AMP

 A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Prov. 25:15.]

Common English Version-CEB

A sensitive answer turns back wrath, but an offensive word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:18

King James Version-KJV

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife

Amplified Version-AMP

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention.

Common English Version-CEB

Hotheads stir up conflict, but patient people calm down strife.

Proverbs 19:11

King James Version-KJV

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression

Amplified Version-AMP

Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.

Common English Version-CEB

Insightful people restrain their anger; their glory is to ignore an offense.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

King James Version-KJV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Amplified Version-AMP

Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. [James 1:19, 20.]

Common English Version-CEB

Don’t be too quick to get angry because anger lives in the fool’s heart.

Ephesians 4:26

King James Version-KJV

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Amplified Version-AMP

When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.

Common English Version-CEB

Be angry without sinning. Don’t let the sun set on your anger.

Ephesians 4:31, 32

King James Version-KJV

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (32) And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Amplified Version-AMP

And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.

Common English Version-CEB

Put aside all bitterness, losing your temper, anger, shouting, and slander, along with every other evil. 32Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ.

Colossians 3:8

King James Version-KJV

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth

Amplified Version-AMP

But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips!

Common English Version-CEB

But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language.

James 1:19, 20

King James Version-KJV

 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: (20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Amplified Version-AMP

Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.

(20) For man’s anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires].

Common English Version-CEB

Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to grow angry.20This is because an angry person doesn’t produce God’s righteousness.

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Be Angry and Sin Not