What does the bible say about anger?

[PrimFinallyFoundGod!]

I think everybody struggles with anger from time to time. Personally, I think I do too and it weakens me. I feel like it is the emotion that leads directly to sin more than any other when it isn't controlled. I also feel like it's a weapon for the devil, he absolutely loves it when we are overcome with anger.

I've not really been on here properly for a while so I might be posting this in the wrong place, sorry! Just trying to get more into his word these days, the gospel is our greatest tool to navigate life on Earth.

 

[WIP]

This forum is fine for posting this type of question. Just remember that we do not allow for debating the answers.

Here are a few references from Scripture regarding anger.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20 NKJV

I'm not sure who Paul is supposedly quoting here but...
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:25-27, 31-32 NKJV

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew 5:21-22 NKJV

Hope this is helpful.

 

[for_his_glory]

Jesus was angry many times with people like when he cleared the Temple of the moneychangers and animal sellers as they disregarded God's holiness and worship, Matthew 21:12,13, Mark 11:15-18; John 2:13-22.

Mark 3:1-5 Jesus was angry at the Pharisees for their stubborn hearts in the synagogue of Capernaum where he healed a man on the Sabbath.

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

We are instructed to not avoid anger, but to deal with our anger in a timely manner so that we do not sin against God. Anytime Jesus was angry he always gave explanation why in showing others the way of God.

Our anger towards others has to have proper motivation at not being angry at the person as we keep control of ourself, but at the sinful behavior and true injustice they cause. Anger has to have proper supplement, Mark 3:5, as by grief over those who lack faith as we need to show love by praying for them and forgiving their actions for they know not what they do.

 

[WIP]

Our anger towards others has to have proper motivation at not being angry at the person as we keep control of ourself, but at the sinful behavior and true injustice they cause. Anger has to have proper supplement, Mark 3:5, as by grief over those who lack faith as we need to show love by praying for them and forgiving their actions for they know not what they do.

If only we could actually do this well. I know I don't.

 

[for_his_glory]

If only we could actually do this well. I know I don't.

stupid flesh!!! Sometimes it wins some battles, but never the war.

 

[Manonfire63]

There are different types of anger like there are different types of love.

I have like Plato's Allegory of the Chariot. The form, the goal, the destination, is The Character of God. God is long suffering. Various trials may temper a man like tempering steel. (James 1:2-4) Going through various trials may help a man have some compassion for those who have had it rough. Thumos is righteous indignation. It may be a healthy type of anger when employed through God. Someone is learning to love what God loves, and hate what God hates.

Article: "Got Thumos" The Art of Manliness.

In the Allegory of the Chariot, desire, or the dark horse, is not necissarily a bad thing. It is good for someone to have desire for their spouse. Reason is driving both Thumos and Desire in healthy and Godly ways.

 

[Tenchi]

Proverbs 15:18
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 29:22
22 An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 16:32
32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.