-
James 1:19
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
-
Proverbs 14:17
Short tempered people do foolish things, and schemers are hated.
-
Ephesians 4:26-27
And“ don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
-
Proverbs 16:32
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self control than to conquer a city.
-
Proverbs 26:23-26
Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them. Their hearts are full of many evils.While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.
-
2 Samuel 13 22
And though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon deeply because of what he had done to his sister.
-
Genesis 4:5-6
but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.“ Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain.“ Why do you look so dejected?
-
Esther 3:5-6
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage.He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.
-
2 Samuel 13 28
Absalom told his men,“ Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”
-
Jonah 4:9
Then God said to Jonah,“ Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”“ Yes,” Jonah retorted,“ even angry enough to die!”
-
Genesis 34:30-31
Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“ You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land— among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”“ But why should we let him treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted angrily.
-
2 Samuel 19 43
“ But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied.“ So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.
-
1 Samuel 25 21-1 Samuel 25 22
David had just been saying,“ A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.May God strike me and kill me if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”
-
Genesis 34:7-8
Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob’s family, something that should never be done.Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons.“ My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said.“ Please let him marry her.
-
Genesis 34:25-26
But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.
-
Mark 6:19
So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless,
-
Genesis 4:8
One day Cain suggested to his brother,“ Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
-
Mark 6:24
She went out and asked her mother,“ What should I ask for?” Her mother told her,“ Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”
-
2 Samuel 13 32
But just then Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimea, arrived and said,“ No, don’t believe that all the king’s sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar.