Top 30 Bible Verses about Anger and Bitterness

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Be angry, and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to hell of fire.

Love is not rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.

For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.

refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

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

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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

Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed.

Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

A bitter fool, a wise one.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.