The book of Proverbs gives a lot of advice on how to live better lives. One of the recurring themes is being “slow to anger”. Anger leads to impulsive actions and a chain of events that can have permanent detrimental consequences. Consider the next five passages.
Proverbs 16:32,
“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”
Proverbs 17:14,
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 15:18,
“A hot tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.”
Proverbs 15:1,
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 16:23,
“The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.”
One of the biggest problems folks face today is anger and its consequences. Consequences include; unhappy homes, unhappy workplaces and breaking both the laws of man and of God. A person’s anger can land him in jail and in hell.
Sometimes we control our anger but it spills out on others. Have you ever found yourself to have internal anger that causes you to be an unpleasant person and spills out upon the innocent? Just controlling anger for the moment is not the answer.
The good news is that not only can we can train ourselves to control our anger, but we can also become the type of people who can defuse the anger of others. It’s all in God’s book… the Bible. What are we waiting on?
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