Bible on Anger

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, 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, then his wrath was kindled.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.