How can I control anger according to the Bible
Ephesians 4:26 (KJV) says, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.” The Bible separates feeling anger, a normal human emotion, from what you choose to do with it.
1. Feeling angry is not a sin by itself
Ephesians 4:26 (KJV) says, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.” The Bible separates feeling anger, a normal human emotion, from what you choose to do with it.
2. The problem is speed and reaction
James 1:19-20 (KJV) advises being “swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” The invitation is not to feel nothing, it is to not react immediately out of that feeling.
3. How you respond changes the outcome
Proverbs 15:1 (KJV) says, “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” How you respond to a tense situation can calm it down or make it worse.
4. Leaving anger unresolved has consequences
Proverbs 29:11 (KJV) says, “A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.” Ephesians 4:26 also warns against letting anger sit overnight, because holding onto it too long tends to turn into resentment.
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