Be Angry But Sin Not
Do you struggle with anger?
Anger is a natural emotion, and even God feels anger at times.
However, the Bible says to deal with that anger on the same day
that you get angry. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger. Don’t allow it to
fester and form into rage and bitterness and let it get out of control.
When you are angry, you can still talk in soft tones. A person
does not have to scream, yell, shout or have a temper tantrum or say cuss words.
Some people when they are angry say verbally abusive statements to
their spouse or children, or others.
Some take their anger out on their pets, and kick the dog.
Many who get full of rage cause domestic violence and strife in
the home, and also say a lot of mean things or insults.
The Bible says to be angry, but to sin not.
It is possible to experience the emotion of anger, but still
remain calm.
Child and wife abusers lose their temper over the slightest thing,
and always have a chip on their shoulder and a bad attitude.
They come home storming the place and being violent and beating
the children and his wife, and pets, and slapping her around and making
demands.
Domestic violence is one of the primary causes of divorce in marriages.
It also is destructive to the entire family. Sometimes the kids who were abused
become abusers themselves once they become an adult, because that was the only
thing modeled to them.
When a person loses their temper and goes into rages, it shows
that they need to learn wisdom. Those who are wise will control their temper
and not let it get out of hand.
Ephesians 4:26
26 Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Psalms 30:5
5 For His
anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life.
Psalms 37:7-8
7 Rest in the
Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who
prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from
anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms 103:8-12
8 The Lord is
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not
always chide: neither will He keep His anger forever.
10 He hath not
dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the
heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
12 As far as
the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 145:8-10
8 The Lord is
gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The Lord is
good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.
Proverbs 15:1
A
soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 16:32
32 He that is slow to
anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 19:11
11 The
discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass
over a transgression.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
9 Be not
hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 14:4
4 I will heal
their backsliding, I will love them freely: for Mine anger is turned away from
him.
Ephesians 4:31-32
31 Let all
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away
from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye
kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Colossians 3:8
8 But now ye
also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication
out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be
discouraged.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
9 For God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ.
James 1:19-20
19 Wherefore,
my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to
wrath.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not
the righteousness of God.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
aboundeth in transgression.
