Bible Verses About Harboring Anger
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for harboring anger, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,071 votes, led by Ephesians 4:26-27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Harboring Anger
Ephesians 4:26-27227 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 1:19-20165 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Matthew 5:22145 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Colossians 3:8137 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Proverbs 14:29136 votes
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 22:24-25132 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Ecclesiastes 7:9129 votes
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 19:11128 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs 29:11127 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 15:18123 votes
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 15:1119 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Psalms 37:885 votes
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Leviticus 19:17-1856 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Romans 12:1952 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.
Ephesians 4:3151 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Matthew 18:21-2244 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Proverbs 29:2236 votes
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 30:3336 votes
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Ephesians 4:31-3227 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
James 4:1-224 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Proverbs 17:917 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
1 John 3:1517 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Leviticus 19:1812 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Jonah 4:412 votes
Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
Matthew 5:912 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
What does the Bible say about harboring anger?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:26-27 on the subject of harboring anger. Across 2,071 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:19-20, Matthew 5:22, Colossians 3:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.