Psalm 37:8

New International Version

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

“What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?” Pharaoh asked. “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but do let me go!”

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

Job 5:2

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalm 116:11

in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

Psalm 31:22

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

Psalm 73:15

If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Proverbs 16:32

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Jonah 4:1

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

Ephesians 4:26

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.