ANGER

Oh Lord, help me in my anger. When things go wrong, or people upset me, Lord, I know you are in control. Help me to let go of my anger and turn the situation over to you and accept Your will in my life. Amen.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

William Shakespeare

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

James 1: 19-20

A quick tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.

Proverbs 14:17

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

Psalm 37:8

In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Ephesians 4:26,27

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

Colossians 3:8

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

Proverbs 29:22

Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless-not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

Titus 1:7

For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

Proverbs 30:33

I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.

1 Timothy 2:8

A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11