Psalm 37:8
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret--it can only bring harm.
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Cease

Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Job 18:4
You who tear yourself in anger--should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Ephesians 4:26, 31
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger, . . .

James 1:19, 20
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, . . .

James 3:14-18
But if you harbor in your hearts bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, do not boast in it or deny the truth. . . .

fret

Psalm 31:22
In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from Your sight!" But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Psalm 73:15
If I had said, "I will speak this way, " then I would have betrayed Your children.

Psalm 116:11
In my alarm I said, "All men are liars!"

1 Samuel 25:21-23
Now David had just finished saying, "In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him, yet he has paid me back evil for good. . . .

Jeremiah 20:14, 15
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. . . .

Jonah 4:1, 9
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and became angry. . . .

Luke 9:54, 55
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

King James Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Refrain from anger and give up your rage; do not be agitated--it can only bring harm.

International Standard Version
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry— it only leads to evil.

NET Bible
Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Rest from anger and rest from passion and do not envy the evildoer.
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