A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1)
One of the hardest things in the world to do is to sit quietly while someone lambastes you. It is easy to answer back in kind, but it does nothing but fan the flames.
When people malign you, it hurts. The first tendency when hurt is to hurt back in kind.
But it does no good. All it does is fan the flames of an already burning anger. It does not help, it escalates.
Remember what Jesus did when confronted by people maligning him: he said nothing. He knew it would do not good, and it set him above their pettiness.
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