Quotes about Anger
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 12:16
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 14:17
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 14:35
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 15:18
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 16:14
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 16:32
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 17:14
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Proverbs 19:19
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
- Proverbs 21:14
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
- Proverbs 22:24
or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
- Proverbs 24:18