Psa 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
King James Version
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{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
{He that is} slow to anger {is} better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? {himself: Heb. his soul}
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend {against} the generation of thy children.
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, {even} unto death. {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?} {I do well...: or, I am greatly angry}
And when his disciples James and John saw {this}, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Cursed {be} the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
I said in my haste, All men {are} liars.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. {Nothing: Heb. Not}