Ephesians 4:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,”
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““Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,”
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Other passages that echo Ephesians 4:26 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Numbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 25:7On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
- Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- 1 Samuel 20:34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- Nehemiah 5:6When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
- Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalms 37:8Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
- Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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