Why are you so angry?... Why do you look so dejected? You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse... Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.(Gen 4:6-7, NLT)
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.(Prov 16:32, NKJV)
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.(Prov 15:18, ESV)
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.(Eph 6:4, ESV)
A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.(Prov 14:17, NIV)
Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed.(Prov 22:8, ISV)
Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.(Prov 10:12, NIV)
Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.(Psalm 4:4-5, NKJV)
Do not say, 'I will repay evil;' wait for the LORD, and He will deliver you.(Prov 20:22, ESV)
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.(Eph 4:26-27, ESV)
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry -it only leads to evil. Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.(Psalm 37:8-9, ISV)
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.(Prov 22:24-25, NIV)
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who watches his way preserves his life.(Prov 16:17, NASB)
