RIGHTEOUS ANGER OR UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER? 


  1. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
    Ephesians 4:25-27 (ESV) 

  2. Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
    Exodus 4:14 (ESV)

  3. Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” Genesis 30:2 (ESV)

  4. And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.
    Numbers 11:1 (ESV)

  5. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
    James 1:19-20 (ESV)

  6. A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
    Proverbs 29:22 (ESV)

  7. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
    Ephesians 4:31 (ESV)

  8. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
    Colossians 3:8 (ESV)

  9. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
    Matthew 5:22 (ESV)

  10. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
    Galations 5:19-21 (ESV)