Proverbs 15

There are two approaches that we can use in situations where anger is ready to errupt.  We can seek to appease the party on the verge of anger, but that does absolutely nothing to remedy the conflict and rewards the threat of anger. The other approach is to speak gentle words to the angry ones. Gentle words are often returned with gentle words and potentially ugly confrontations can remain civil and profitable for both side of the disagreement. That is the summary of Proverbs 15:1.
Stuart