The Problem with Anger
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· 11 viewsHuman anger arises for a number of reasons, some of which are acceptable and others which are not. Scripture stresses the potentially destructive aspects of human anger and urges moderation.
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The Lexham English Bible Chapter 4
26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, 27 nor give place to the devil.
Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 4
4:26 Be angry and do not sin Paul quotes Psalm 4:4 from the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of the OT). Paul seems to acknowledge that anger can be unavoidable, but he also recognizes that it can quickly develop into an occasion for sin.
Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 4
4:27 nor give place to the devil Believers are free from the devil’s rule (Eph 2:2), and they should not allow him to cause division or influence their actions.
Reasons for human anger
Reasons for human anger
Jealousy
Jealousy
4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
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Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?”
And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.
But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
Pride
Pride
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
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Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.
But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.
Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, by the altar of incense.
The truth
The truth
Hanani had prophesied against the king.
Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
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And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
Human anger is sometimes justified
Human anger is sometimes justified
And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
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8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
15 And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”
16 Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying,
6 And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.
34 And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
5 Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,
6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
Results of human anger
Results of human anger
Strife
Strife
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
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30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
God’s judgment
God’s judgment
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
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Sin
Sin
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
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4 Be angry, and do not sin;
ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.
20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Dealing with anger
Dealing with anger
Becoming slow to anger
Becoming slow to anger
or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
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9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Not taking revenge
Not taking revenge
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Renouncing anger
Renouncing anger
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
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8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;