Psalm 37:8

New King James Version

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that suddenly you seek to go to your own country?” So he answered, “Nothing, but do let me go anyway.”

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

Job 5:2

For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Psalm 31:22

For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Jonah 4:1

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”

Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

Colossians 3:8

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.