In daily life, we often get angry because of unpleasant things. Thus, we hurt the people around us and meanwhile, we feel distress and remorse. The following 15 selected Bible verses about calming anger will help us keep our emotions under control, so we can avoid losing our temper.

In fact, most of the time we know being angry is not after God’s heart. But for our own interests, we always can’t help losing our temper. When we are about to boil over, think more on why we get mad and the aftermath of being angry, which can effectively help us control our temper and lessen the number of times we get angry. Also, we should always pray to God and seek His help and guidance for this matter. This way, gradually we will change.

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Bible Verses for Reference:

Ephesians 4:26–27

Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Psalm 37:8

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

James 1:19–20

Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Colossians 3:8

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

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.

Proverbs 19:11

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

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

1 Corinthians 13:7

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Proverbs 15:1

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

Relevant Words of God:

Once a man has status, he will often find it difficult to control his mood, and so he will enjoy seizing upon opportunities to express his dissatisfaction and vent his emotions; he will often flare up in rage for no apparent reason, so as to reveal his ability and let others know that his status and identity are different from those of ordinary people. Of course, corrupt people without any status also often lose control. Their anger is frequently caused by damage to their private interests. In order to protect their own status and dignity, they will frequently vent their emotions and reveal their arrogant nature. Man will flare up in anger and vent his emotions in order to defend and uphold the existence of sin, and these actions are the ways in which man expresses his dissatisfaction; they brim with impurities, with schemes and intrigues, with man’s corruption and evil, and more than anything else, they brim with man’s wild ambitions and desires. When justice clashes with wickedness, man’s anger will not flare up in the defense of the existence of justice or to uphold it; on the contrary, when the forces of justice are threatened, persecuted and attacked, man’s attitude is one of overlooking, evading or flinching away. However, when facing the forces of evil, man’s attitude is one of accommodating, of bowing and scraping. Therefore, man’s venting is an escape for evil forces, an expression of the rampant and unstoppable evil conduct of the fleshly man.

—The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II

Regardless of whether one becomes angry in the sight of others or behind their backs, everyone has a different intention and purpose to their anger. Perhaps they are building up their prestige, or maybe they are defending their own interests, maintaining their image or keeping face. Some exercise restraint in their anger, while others are more rash and allow their rage to flare up whenever they wish without the least bit of restraint. In short, man’s anger derives from his corrupt disposition. No matter what its purpose, it is of the flesh and of nature; it has nothing to do with justice or injustice because nothing in man’s nature and essence corresponds to the truth.

—The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II