A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.


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Romans 2 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Proverbs 15 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Psalms 38 1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 6 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Romans 1 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Psalms 37 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Ephesians 4 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Jeremiah 7 19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Ezekiel 8 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Psalms 85 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Habakkuk 1 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
Ecclesiastes 7 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Romans 2 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
James 1 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Psalms 90 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psalms 71 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Colossians 3 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Isaiah 37 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Proverbs 11 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Jeremiah 48 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Proverbs 21 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
James 1 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Jeremiah 5 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Romans 3 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? I speak as a man
2 Kings 19 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Hebrews 3 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Proverbs 14 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Nehemiah 4 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Ephesians 4 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Hebrews 3 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Proverbs 10 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Ezekiel 5 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
Jeremiah 30 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Isaiah 54 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Revelation 3 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
2 Corinthians 2 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Psalms 90 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Revelation 2 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Jeremiah 23 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
Jeremiah 25 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
Psalms 7 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Proverbs 30 33 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.
Isaiah 29 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Ezekiel 16 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Proverbs 15 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Proverbs 22 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Psalms 2 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Romans 12 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 29 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.