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Anger
Anger in Scripture appears both as righteous indignation against sin and injustice — God's wrath, Jesus in the Temple — and as an emotion that "slayeth the silly one" (Job 5:2). Paul tells believers to "be ye angry, and sin not" (Ephesians 4:26), guarding anger with speed, target, and duration. Scripture does not condemn anger as such but refuses to let it govern the day.
Further reading
- David Powlison — Good & Angry, New Growth Press (2016)
- Gary Chapman — Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion, Moody Publishers (2007)
- Robert D. Jones — Uprooting Anger, P&R Publishing (2005)