Quotes About Anger

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Stay with him for a while, until your brotherís fury subsides—

until your brotherís rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ëGo, you and all the people who follow you!í After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaohís presence.

But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Why should the Egyptians declare, ëHe brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earthí? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,