Bible Verses About Anger

Through the prophet Yehu the son of Hanani the word of ADONAI was proclaimed against Ba'sha and his house both because he did so much evil from ADONAI's perspective, angering him with his actions and becoming like the house of Yarov'am, and because he killed [Nadav].

It was in the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Y'hudah that Elah the son of Ba'sha began his reign over all Isra'el in Tirtzah, and he ruled for two years.

His servant Zimri, commander of half of his chariots, plotted against him. Finally, one time when Elah was in Tirtzah, drinking himself senseless in the house of Artza, administrator of the palace in Tirtzah,

Zimri entered, struck him down and killed him. This was in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Y'hudah; Zimri then took Elah's place as king.

At the beginning of his reign, as soon as he took over the throne, he killed off the entire house of Ba'sha; he left not a single male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.

Thus Zimri eliminated all the house of Ba'sha, in keeping with the word of ADONAI spoken against Ba'sha through Yehu the prophet. This word had been spoken

because of all of Ba'sha's sins and the sins of Elah his son, which they committed and with which they made Isra'el sin, thereby angering ADONAI the God of Isra'el with their worthless idols.

He sent over them his fierce anger, fury, indignation and trouble, with a company of destroying angels

to clear a path for his wrath. He did not spare them from death, but gave them over to the plague,

ADONAI is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in grace.

He will not always accuse, he will not keep his anger forever.

People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

A king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Don't associate with an angry man; make no hot-tempered man your companion.

If you do, you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap.

Stone is heavy and sand a dead weight, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.

Fury is cruel and anger overwhelming, but who can stand up to jealousy?

Scoffers can inflame a city, but the wise can calm the fury.

When a wise man argues with a foolish one, he meets anger and ridicule without relief.

For I will not fight them forever or always nurse my anger; otherwise their spirits would faint before me, the creatures I myself have made.

It was because of their flagrant greed that I was angry and struck them; I hid myself and was angry, but they continued on their own rebellious way.

"I have trodden the winepress alone; from the peoples, not one was with me. So I trod them in my anger, trampled them in my fury; so their lifeblood spurted out on my clothing, and I have stained all my garments;

for the day of vengeance that was in my heart and my year of redemption have come.

I looked, but there was no one to help, and I was appalled that no one upheld me. Therefore my own arm brought me salvation, and my own fury upheld me.

In my anger I trod down the peoples, made them drunk with my fury, then poured out their lifeblood on the earth."