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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Core Bible command to be angry without sin and not keep wrath overnight.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Primary Bible passage against anger and malice.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Primary Bible passage telling believers to put anger away.
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.
Clear teaching that unjust anger brings judgment.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Direct divine judgment passage with anger and wrath.
Supporting Passages
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Shows human anger does not produce God's righteousness.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalm command to cease from anger and forsake wrath.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Says wrath stirs up strife and transgression.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
States the wrathful man stirs up strife.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Calls hasty anger foolish.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Describes God casting wrath and trouble on enemies.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
General proverb on wrath and anger; useful background but not clearly Christian-specific.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Direct Bible line about wrath and fury for disobedience.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
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Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Prayer for wrathful anger to fall on enemies.
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
God reserves wrath for enemies.
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Who can stand before divine anger and fury.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Uses anger language for divine pursuit and punishment.
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Says the Lord was full of wrath against Israel.
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Prophetic image of God's wrath in battle language.
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
God pours out indignation and wrath.
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Divine indignation in prophecy.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
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The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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