We have not fought in so long neither of us can remember when it was we fought last. All because of words. I would say something in my dry sense of humor, she would take it as fact and get mad and before I would know what happened we were fighting. This is so serious that James wrote in the book of James mostly about the tongue and its destructive nature. James tells us the tongue is the most deadly part of our body.
Words do hurt and more than sticks and stones.
You could hit me with sticks and stones and in time my body would heal. But the words we put out there are out there for good and can not be taken back. They seep down deep in us until we snap. Then the person they said it too, might not take it for a joke and could get mad and soon after we could have a fight and someone could get hurt or die. All because we are not taking authority over our words.