Pre-Choosing Over Anger

Be angry, and yet do not sin – Eph 4:26a

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Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. Prov 19:11 AMP

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Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.  Jas 1:19b-20

The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River. So the whole community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and prepared to go to war against them. – Josh 22:11-12

“The whole community of the Lord demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the Lord and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against Him? If you rebel against the Lord today, He will be angry with all of us tomorrow. If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the Lord’s land, where the Tabernacle of the Lord is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the Lord our God.” – Josh 22:16, 18b-19

“The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day. The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the Lord, the God of Israel? You have no claim to the Lord.’ So we decided to build the altar, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.” – Josh 22:22, 24, 25b, 27

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The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. – Ps 145:8

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Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. – Eph 4:26b-27

All scripture is from the New Living Translation unless otherwise noted