Anger – Fear – Guilt 

Regardless of the needs or problems of anyone, anywhere and at any time, their answers lie within the Holy Bible. For this the Lord Jesus Christ said: ―Search the scripture. John 5:35. 

Whatever our feelings, pain or hopes are: the Bible holds the word of life for the benefit of everyone. Unfortunately, quite often we search for solutions concerning our problems outside the Holy Bible. This document, my dear friend, is a humble attempt to gather some of the verses of the Holy Bible to help you if you encounter one of the following circumstances: 

Anger. 

Fear. 

Guilt. 

First: ANGER 

―The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.‖ Psalm 145:8. 

―But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.‖ Nehemiah 9:17. 

―Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.‖ Ecclesiastes 7:9. 

―A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.‖ Proverbs 14:17. 

―He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.‖ Proverbs 16:32. 

―A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention.‖ Proverbs 15:18. 

―An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.‖ 

Proverbs 29:22. 

―Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.‖ Proverbs 22:24-25. 

―Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret-it only causes harm.‖ 

Psalm 37:8. 

―Be angry, and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath.‖ 

Ephesians 4:26. 

―The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.‖ Proverbs 19:11. 

―Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.‖ Proverbs 21:19. 

―If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.‖ Proverbs 25:21. 

―But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement.‖ Matt 5:22. 

―Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.‖ Ephesians 4:31-32. 

―Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, ‘ says the Lord.‖ Romans 12:19. 

―So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of 

God.‖ James 1:19-20. 

Second: FEAR 

―Do not fear, the flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.‖ Luke 12:32. 

―And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.‖ Matt 10:28. 

―But He said to them, ‘Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?’‖ Mark 4:40. 

―But whoever listens to Me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.‖ Proverbs 3:25-26. 

―When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your 

sleep will be sweet.‖ Proverbs 3:24. 

―The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.‖ Proverbs 29:25. 

―For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you’‖ Isaiah 41:13. 

―In righteousness you shall be established: You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.‖ Isaiah 54:14. 

―I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass?‖ Isaiah 51:12. 

―When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.‖ Isaiah 43:2. 

―For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.‖ 1 Peter 3:12-14. 

―For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’‖ Romans 8:15. 

―God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.‖ Psalm 46:1. 

―He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge: His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.‖ Psalm 91:4-6. 

―Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.‖ Psalm 23:4-5. 

―The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?‖ Psalm 27:1. 

―Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.‖ John 14:27. 

―Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created things, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.‖ Romans 8:37-39. 

Third: FEELING GUILTY 

―If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.‖ 1 John 1:9. 

―For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.‖ 1 John 3:20. 

―I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.‖ 1 John 2:12. 

―But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sins.‖ 1 John 1:7. 

―Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for 

He will abundantly pardon.‖ Isaiah 55:7. 

―I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.‖ Isaiah 43:25. 

―For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.‖ 2 Chronicles 30:9. 

―As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.‖ Psalm 103:12. 

―Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.‖ 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

―No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.‖ Jeremiah 31:34. 

―I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.‖ Jeremiah 33:8. 

Father Rueiss  Awad, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES (Toronto, ON: St. George and St. Rueiss Coptic Orthodox Church, 2019).