Proverbs by theme
Anger
Temper, quarrels, and the way of peace.
- 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- 12:20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
- 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- 20:3It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- 20:22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- 21:14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
- 22:10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- 22:24-25Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- 24:17-18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
- 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- 25:21-22If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
- 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- 26:17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- 26:21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
- 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- 29:8Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- 29:11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- 30:32-33If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth. For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”