Bible Verses for Anger and Resentment: James 1 and the Slow Wrath That Fits
James does not tell angry people to stop feeling. He tells them to become quick to hear and slow to speak, because human anger does not produce God's righteousness. The remedy is receiving the implanted word with humility and then actually doing it.
Proverbs 18:21: The Tongue's Fruit We Eat
Proverbs 18:21 treats speech as produce, not noise: the tongue's fruit gets eaten by the one who speaks it. That image makes words a wisdom matter of life and death rather than a formula for guaranteed results.