Bible Verses About Being Mad
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being mad, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 689 votes, led by Proverbs 15:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Mad
Proverbs 15:145 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 4:29-3229 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Psalms 37:828 votes
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
James 1:19-2026 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ecclesiastes 7:925 votes
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ephesians 4:2624 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 29:1123 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Ephesians 4:26-2723 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 14:2922 votes
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 15:1822 votes
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 22:2420 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
James 1:2020 votes
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
John 2:12-2218 votes
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
John 3:16-1718 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 12:1917 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 12:2117 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
2 Kings 17:1816 votes
Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Colossians 3:816 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Revelation 1:116 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Proverbs 16:3214 votes
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1314 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Galatians 6:114 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Ephesians 4:3114 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Psalms 7:1113 votes
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Proverbs 19:1113 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
What does the Bible say about being mad?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 15:1 on the subject of being mad. Across 689 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:29-32, Psalms 37:8, James 1:19-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.