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Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

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Proverbs 16:32
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 19:19
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

Proverbs 22:24
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

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Acts 24:25
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Romans 6:12
Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

1 Corinthians 6:12
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

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2 Peter 1:5
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

2 Peter 1:6
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

2 Peter 1:7
and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

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