42 Bible Verses about Anger And Forgiveness

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

neither give place to the devil.

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.

But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,

We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger for ever.

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.