KJV King James Version
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
WEB World English Bible
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
ASV American Standard Version
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Surrounding context — Ephesians 4
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Psalm 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.Psalm 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.Ephesians 4:31-32Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.Proverbs 14:29[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.Romans 12:19-21Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.Exodus 32:21-22And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.Nehemiah 5:6-13And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.Numbers 20:10-13And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.Psalm 106:30-33Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.Exodus 11:8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
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