Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Psalms 7:6&11-13
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. Psalms 37:8
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Proverbs 15:1&18
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Proverbs 16:32
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. Proverbs 19:11&19
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Proverbs 27:4
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face. Isaiah 65:3
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. Lamentations 3:43&44
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord. Lamentations 3:65&66
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. Lamentations 4:11
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. Lamentations 4:16
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. Ezekiel 20:21
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Ezekiel 43:8
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. Zechariah 10:3&5
Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
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. Matthew 5:21&22
Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Ephesians 4:26
When anger rises, think of the consequences. Confucius
And the anger of God kindleth against the inhabitants of the earth; and none doeth good, for all have gone out of the way. Doctrine & Covenants 82:6
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Benjamin Franklin
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Anger, though concealed, is betrayed by the countenance. Seneca
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Thomas Paine
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason. Publilius Syrus
The best fighter is never angry. Lao Tzu
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato
Feel so fucking angry; don’t want to be reminded of you, but when I left my shit in your kitchen, I said goodbye to your bedroom; it smelled of you. Amy Winehouse
Anger always comes from frustrated expectations. Elliott Larson
The story so far: In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Anger assists hands however weak. Ovid
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I’ve failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don’t get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. Emma Thompson
He who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny
How often it is that that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. Frank Herbert
My anger outweighs my guilt. Batman Begins 2005 starring Christian Bale & Gus Lewis & Michael Caine & Liam Neeson & Katie Holmes & Cillian Murphy & Gary Oldman & Tom Wilkinson & Morgan Freeman et al, director Christopher Nolan, Batman to mentor
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. Peter McWilliams
One study suggests women have a better capacity for censoring their anger responses than men. Numbers Game: What Drives You Crazy? National Geographic 2013
Expressing anger in a reasonable way is healthy. ibid.
I think that’s what I like about you most – your anger. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton & George Segal & Sandy Dennis & Agnes Flanagan & Frank Flanagan, director Mike Nichols, opening scene
Where it concerns himself,
Who’s angry at a slander makes it true. Ben Johnson, Catiline the Conspiracy 1611
Make sure you give me no reason to be angry with you. The Devil’s Double 2011 starring Dominic Cooper & Philip Quast & Ludivine Sagnier & Mimoun Oaissa & Raad Rawi & Mem Ferda & Khalid Laith & Pano Masti et al, director Lee Tamahori, Saddam to Latif
Angry and divided Britain. The victims of abuse online. The rise of extremism. And how can Britain be repaired? Angry Britain: Beyond Repair? ITV 2019
The empire had led to giant industrial cities rising up all across England. They were dark frightening places where millions of people lived in appalling conditions. What alarmed those in charge was the violence and the anger that was building up there among the masses. Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head V: The Lordly Ones ***** BBC 2021
Out in the margins of societies there was a growing anger and a total disillusion with the system because it offered hundreds of thousands of people nothing and gave their lives no purpose or meaning. Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head VI Are We a Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer? *****