Topic- Anger

Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible, and it is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.

Memory Work: Proverbs 15:1

Answer questions one and two using the following verses: Proverbs 12:16, 14:16-17, 14:29, 15:1, 15:18, 16:32, 19:11, 19:19, 22:24-25, 25:28, 26:21, 29:22, 30:32-33 please list reference with each answer

1.How is an angry person described?

  • What sins are committed as a result of anger?
  • What effect does anger have on others?

    • 2.In contrast to the angry man, describe the person who is slow to anger.

  • What inward responses keep anger from becoming outward sin?
  • What is a wise response to someone else's anger?

    • 3.For each of the following examples, answer the following questions: What root sin caused the anger? To whom was the anger directed? What sins resulted?

  • Moses Numbers 20:7-12
  • King Saul I Samuel 18:5-11
  • Saul of Tarsus Acts 7:58-8:3, 9:1-2

    • 4.Ephesians 4:26-27 How can we be angry and yet not sin?

  • What can we learn from Jesus' example in John 2:13-17?

    • 5.Colossians 3:8, 12-15 As believers in Christ, what are we to "put off" and "put on?"

  • What specific actions will you take to keep from sinning when you are angry?

    • 6.What was your inward response when you were tempted to be angry this week?

  • Which of the proverbs regarding anger was most meaningful to you? Why?

    • 7.What principles about handling anger do you need to apply to your life?

  • Write one application in the form of a prayer request.

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