“An answer, when mild, turns away rage, but a word causing pain makes anger to come up.”​—Prov. 15:1.

All these statements encourage fleeing anger-arousing situations right at the outset. The reason is well expressed in these further words: “If you have acted senselessly by lifting yourself up, and if you have fixed your thought upon it [“if you have hatched a scheme,” An American Translation], put the hand to the mouth. For the churning of milk is what brings forth butter, and the squeezing of the nose is what brings forth blood, and the squeezing out of anger is what brings forth quarreling.”​—Prov. 30:32, 33.