Ephesians 4:26

Anger itself is not always sin, but it must not lead to sin or be nursed over time. Believers should deal with anger quickly rather than let it fester.

Cross-references · 20

• Jas 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Ps 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
• Ps 37:8Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
• Eph 4:31–32Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Eccl 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
• Prov 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
• Prov 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
• Rom 12:19–21Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
• Matt 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
• Exod 32:21–22“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
• Neh 5:6–13When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
• Num 20:10–13Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
• Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
• Num 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
• Prov 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
• Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
• Ps 106:30–33But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
• Exod 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
• Deut 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Num 25:7–11On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

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