When someone verbally attacks us, our tendency is to lash back. If we do we have just escalated the situation. The attacker has now got to push harder to win the argument and will most likely increase the attack. We have just initiated a cycle of attack and counter attack.
Jesus taught this lesson in Mathew 5:25-26. “Agree with you adversary quickly while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Assuredly I say to you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
However,keeping our voice calm can help deescalate a situation. Proverbs 15:1 says, “A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
