Bible Verses About Being Slow To Anger

And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Matthew 22:37

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

Proverbs 26:16

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 29:11

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

James 1:19

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:29

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 15:18

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Proverbs 20:3

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 103:8