Several Old Testament Hebrew terms provide word pictures of human anger. The Bible, however, does not always paint a negative picture of anger. The vast majority of biblical references to words like anger, rage, wrath, and fury refer to the anger and wrath of God. These passages, which speak of God's own anger with His enemies, or even with His own people, far outnumber those that tell us to avoid anger. What the Bible shows us is that anger is neither right nor wrong until there is a motive.
Anger can be productive and loving, just as it can be destructive and selfish.
What we need is the discernment that can be developed by those who want to see their anger from the Lord's point of view. Destructive, Selfish Anger. In most cases, the anger that moves a person to do harm to himself or others is selfish. It is the kind of anger that destroys rather than builds up. It is more like a wrecking ball than a hammer.