Anger and Wrath

From The City of God by Saint Augustine
Scripture warns against human anger as destructive while affirming a righteous, controlled anger that hates sin; God's wrath is His holy response to evil.
Ephesians 4:26-27
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
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James 1:19-20

Slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.

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Colossians 3:8

Put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy.

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Proverbs 22:24-25

Make no friendship with an angry man.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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Matthew 5:21-22

Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of judgment.

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Romans 12:19

Avenge not yourselves... Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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Psalm 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.

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Galatians 5:19-20

Wrath listed among the works of the flesh.

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