Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Anger
8/8/21
Phil Moser
Proverbs offers insight into (1) how to face another’s anger, and (2) how to face your own.
HOW TO FACE ANOTHER'S ANGER
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
Proverbs 15:1 " A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
Proverbs 15:1 " A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
"Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever forget." Ambrose Pierce
"Be careful with your words when you are angry. Once they are said, they can nly be forgiven, not forgotten."
HOW TO FACE YOUR OWN ANGER
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
HOW TO FACE ANOTHER'S ANGER
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
Proverbs 21:14 "A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath."
HOW TO FACE ANOTHER'S ANGER
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
Proverbs 29:8 "Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath."
- Don't repsond with similar speech (15:1)
- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)
- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)
Proverbs 29:8 "Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath."
HOW TO FACE YOUR OWN ANGER
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
Proverbs 15:18 "A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention."
"When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, count to a hundred." Thomas Jefferson
HOW TO FACE YOUR OWN ANGER
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
Proverbs 14:29 "Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."
HOW TO FACE YOUR OWN ANGER
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
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."
HOW TO FACE YOUR OWN ANGER
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
- Slow down your response time (15:18)
- Think carefully about your causes (14:29)
- Think carefully about the consequences (16:32)
- Realize your anger will not effect the change you desire (22:8)
Proverbs 22:8 "Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail."