Psalm 37:8

God's Word

Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

Pharaoh asked him, “What don’t you have here that makes you eager to go home?” “Nothing,” he said. “But let me leave anyway.”

Job 18:4

Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

Psalm 116:11

I also said when I was panic-stricken, “Everyone is undependable.”

Psalm 31:22

When I was panic-stricken, I said, “I have been cut off from your sight.” But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will continue to talk like that,” I would have betrayed God’s people.

Proverbs 14:29

A person of great understanding is patient, but a short temper is the height of stupidity.

Proverbs 16:32

Better to get angry slowly than to be a hero. Better to be even-tempered than to capture a city.

Jonah 4:1

Jonah was very upset about this, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:9

Then God asked Jonah, “What right do you have to be angry over this plant?” Jonah answered, “I have every right to be angry—so angry that I want to die.”

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of your bitterness, hot tempers, anger, loud quarreling, cursing, and hatred.

Colossians 3:8

Also get rid of your anger, hot tempers, hatred, cursing, obscene language, and all similar sins.