Bible Verses about “anger and forgiveness”
The Bible contains 43 verses about anger and forgiveness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.”
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“¶ ‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“Neither give place to the devil.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
“¶ 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.”
“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
“‹And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.›”
“¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?”
“Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”
“¶ [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“For every man shall bear his own burden.”
“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”
“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
“Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.”
“From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.”
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.”
“As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.”
“¶ Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.”
“For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.”
“And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”
“Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen.”