Anger
190 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
60 sections
- A Characteristic of Fools
- A Work of the Flesh
- Ahab, Because Naboth Would not Sell his Vineyard
- Ahasuerus, Toward Vashti, for Refusing to Amuse his Courtiers
- Anger of God
- Asa, Because the Prophet Rebuked Him
- Avoid Those Given To
- Balaam, Toward his Ass
- Balak, Toward Balaam
- Be Slow To
- Brings Its own Punishment
- Children should not be Provoked To
- Connected With: Clamour and Evil-Speaking
- Connected With: Cruelty
- Connected With: Malice and Blasphemy
- Connected With: Pride
- Connected With: Strife and Contention
- Elihu, Because Job had Beaten his Friends in Argument
- Ephraimites, Toward Gideon, for not Soliciting Their Help Against the Midianites
- Forbidden
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Grievous Words Stir Up
- Haman, Because Mordecai did not Salute Him
- Herod, Toward the Wise Men Who Deceived Him
- Jews, Against Stephen
- Jonah, Because the Gourd Withered
- Jonathan, on Account of Saul's Persecution of David
- Justifiable: Jacob
- Justifiable: Moses
- Justifiable: Nehemiah
- Justifiable: Our Lord
- May be Averted by Wisdom
- Meekness Pacifies
- Moab
- Moses, Toward Pharaoh
- Naaman, Because Elisha Directed Him to Wash in the Jordan
- Nebuchadnezzar, on Account of the Insubordination of the Three Hebrews, Who Refused to Worship his Idol
- Paul, Toward Ananias
- Pharaoh, Toward Moses
- Saul, Toward Jonathan, on Account of his Sympathy with David
- should not Betray Us Into Sin
- Simeon and Levi, on Account of the Humbling of Their Sister, Dinah
- Sinful: Ahab
- Sinful: Asa
- Sinful: Balaam
- Sinful: Cain
- Sinful: Esau
- Sinful: Haman
- Sinful: Herod
- Sinful: High Priest
- Sinful: Jews
- Sinful: Jonah
- Sinful: Moses
- Sinful: Naaman
- Sinful: Nebuchadnezzar
- Sinful: Saul
- Sinful: Simeon and Levi
- Sinful: Uzziah
- The People of Nazareth, Toward Jesus
- Uzziah Toward Azariah, the Priest, Because of his Reproof of
A Characteristic of Fools
- Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
A Work of the Flesh
- Galatians 5:20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Ahab, Because Naboth Would not Sell his Vineyard
- 1 Kings 21:4 So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
Ahasuerus, Toward Vashti, for Refusing to Amuse his Courtiers
- Esther 1:12 Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.
- Esther 7:7 In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
Anger of God
- Exodus 22:24 My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
- Exodus 32:10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
- Numbers 11:1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
- Numbers 11:10 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
- Numbers 11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
- Numbers 12:9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
- Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Numbers 16:20–21 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, …
- Numbers 16:45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
- Numbers 25:3–4 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. …
- Numbers 25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- Numbers 32:10–11 So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, …
- Numbers 32:13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 6:14–15 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you. …
- Deuteronomy 9:13–14 The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. …
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20 Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and …
- Deuteronomy 32:21–22 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. …
- Joshua 7:1 The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD …
- Joshua 7:26 And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
- Joshua 23:16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He …
- Judges 2:12 Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
- Judges 3:8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
- Judges 10:7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
- 1 Samuel 28:18 Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
- 2 Samuel 6:7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
- 2 Samuel 22:8–9 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. …
- 1 Kings 11:9 Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
- 1 Kings 16:2–13 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins. …
- 2 Kings 13:3 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
- 2 Kings 17:18 So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
- 2 Kings 22:13 “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words …
- 2 Kings 23:26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
- Psalm 7:11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
- Psalm 69:24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
- Psalm 74:1 Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalm 76:7 You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
- Psalm 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
- Psalm 78:38 And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
- Psalm 78:49–50 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. …
- Psalm 85:3 You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
- Psalm 90:11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- Psalm 106:23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Psalm 106:29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- Psalm 106:32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- Psalm 110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; …
- Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned …
- Isaiah 9:19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
- Isaiah 9:21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 12:1 In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
- Isaiah 13:13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
- Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- Isaiah 48:9 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 57:16–17 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made. …
- Isaiah 63:3–6 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. …
- Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Jeremiah 3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- Jeremiah 4:8 So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
- Jeremiah 4:26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Jeremiah 17:4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- Jeremiah 21:5–6 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. …
- Jeremiah 23:20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- Jeremiah 25:15–17 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. …
- Jeremiah 25:37–38 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger. …
- Jeremiah 30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
- Jeremiah 32:37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
- Jeremiah 33:5 The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
- Jeremiah 36:7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
- Jeremiah 42:18 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of …
- Jeremiah 44:6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
- Jeremiah 51:45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:1 How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
- Lamentations 2:3 In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- Lamentations 2:6 He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
- Lamentations 4:11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
- Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
- Ezekiel 5:15 So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 25:14–17 I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ …
- Daniel 9:16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people …
- Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man — the Holy One among you — and I will not come in wrath.
- Hosea 13:11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- Hosea 14:4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- Nahum 1:2–3 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. …
- Nahum 1:6 Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Matthew 22:7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
- Matthew 22:13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Colossians 3:6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Hebrews 3:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 4:3 Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
- Revelation 6:16–17 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. …
- Revelation 14:10–11 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. …
- Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Revelation 15:7 Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
- Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Asa, Because the Prophet Rebuked Him
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Avoid Those Given To
- Genesis 49:6 May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
- Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Balaam, Toward his Ass
- Numbers 22:27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
- Numbers 22:29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
Balak, Toward Balaam
- Numbers 24:10–11 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times. …
Be Slow To
- Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 19:11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- Titus 1:7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- James 1:19 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Brings Its own Punishment
- Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Proverbs 19:19 A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Children should not be Provoked To
- Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Connected With: Clamour and Evil-Speaking
- Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Connected With: Cruelty
- Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- Proverbs 27:3–4 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. …
Connected With: Malice and Blasphemy
- Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Connected With: Pride
- Proverbs 21:24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man — of him who acts with excessive pride.
Connected With: Strife and Contention
- Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Proverbs 30:33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
Elihu, Because Job had Beaten his Friends in Argument
- Job 32:3 and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Ephraimites, Toward Gideon, for not Soliciting Their Help Against the Midianites
- Judges 8:1 Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
Forbidden
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
General Scriptures Concerning
- Genesis 4:6 “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
- Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into …
- Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Job 19:29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
- Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret— it can only bring harm.
- Psalm 55:3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
- Psalm 76:10 Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Proverbs 6:34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:14 The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 19:11–12 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. …
- Proverbs 19:19 A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Proverbs 21:24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man — of him who acts with excessive pride.
- Proverbs 22:24–25 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, …
- Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Proverbs 27:3–4 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. …
- Proverbs 29:8–9 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. …
- Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Proverbs 30:33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Hosea 7:16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
- Amos 1:11 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- Jonah 4:4 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
- Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- Galatians 5:19–21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …
- Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Titus 1:7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- James 1:19–20 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, …
Grievous Words Stir Up
- Judges 12:4 Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
- 2 Samuel 19:43 “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely …
- Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Haman, Because Mordecai did not Salute Him
- Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
Herod, Toward the Wise Men Who Deceived Him
- Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Jews, Against Stephen
- Acts 7:54–58 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. …
Jonah, Because the Gourd Withered
- Jonah 4:1–2 Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. …
- Jonah 4:4 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
- Jonah 4:9 Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
Jonathan, on Account of Saul's Persecution of David
- 1 Samuel 20:34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- 2 Chronicles 25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.
Justifiable: Jacob
- Genesis 31:36 Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
Justifiable: Moses
- Exodus 11:8 And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
- Leviticus 10:16 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
- Numbers 16:15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
Justifiable: Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 5:6 When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
- Nehemiah 13:17 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing— profaning the Sabbath day?
- Nehemiah 13:25 I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their …
Justifiable: Our Lord
- Mark 3:5 Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
May be Averted by Wisdom
- Proverbs 29:8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Meekness Pacifies
- Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Moab
- Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
Moses, Toward Pharaoh
- Exodus 11:8 And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
- Numbers 20:10–11 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” …
Naaman, Because Elisha Directed Him to Wash in the Jordan
- 2 Kings 5:12 Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
Nebuchadnezzar, on Account of the Insubordination of the Three Hebrews, Who Refused to Worship his Idol
- Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,
- Daniel 3:19 At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
Paul, Toward Ananias
- Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
Pharaoh, Toward Moses
- Exodus 10:11 No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 10:28 “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
Saul, Toward Jonathan, on Account of his Sympathy with David
- 1 Samuel 20:30–34 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? …
should not Betray Us Into Sin
- Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret— it can only bring harm.
- Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Simeon and Levi, on Account of the Humbling of Their Sister, Dinah
- Genesis 49:5–7 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. …
Sinful: Ahab
- 1 Kings 21:4 So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
Sinful: Asa
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Sinful: Balaam
- Numbers 22:27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
Sinful: Cain
- Genesis 4:5–6 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. …
Sinful: Esau
- Genesis 27:45 until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Sinful: Haman
- Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
Sinful: Herod
- Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Sinful: High Priest
Sinful: Jews
- Luke 4:28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
Sinful: Jonah
- Jonah 4:4 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Sinful: Moses
- Numbers 20:10–11 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” …
Sinful: Naaman
- 2 Kings 5:11 But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
Sinful: Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,
Sinful: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
Sinful: Simeon and Levi
- Genesis 49:5–7 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. …
Sinful: Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
The People of Nazareth, Toward Jesus
- Luke 4:28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
Uzziah Toward Azariah, the Priest, Because of his Reproof of
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.